New DNA Results Show Kennewick Man Was Native American

The New York Times ^ | 18 June 2015 | Carl Zimmer

[Theoria]

See also: The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man

[Theoria]

Kenny, ping!

[nickcarraway]

Did he identify as black?

[taterjay]

Closest relation...Elizabeth Warren

[mbarker12474]

This stuff is cool. The genealogy world is getting into this DNA arena.

I’m a bit skeptical about the quality of the comparison data.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Theoria. These genetic articles make my DNA go all twisty!

[olepap]

People will be astonished, I predict, when DNA research uncovers the frequency of ‘fence-jumping’.

[onedoug]

La Brea Woman was thought to have been thrown into Los Angeles’ tar pits some 9000 years ago. Evidence indicates she had a dental abscess and may have been freaking out her contemporaries.

[Theoria]

She probably wasn’t the first crazy lady thrown into a tar pit or sacrificed into a volcano.

[Ready4Freddy]

“New DNA Results Show Kennewick Man Was Native American”

As opposed to...? Why would this be a surprise?

I prefer the more accurate term ‘First Immigrant’, in any case.

[Theoria]

I wouldn’t say ‘first’ immigrant, but simply one of the oldest that we have found and tested.

[zeestephen]

Re: “I’m a bit skeptical about the quality of the comparison data.”

I'm a bit skeptical about the Kennewick Man DNA.

8,500 years old.

Found buried just below the bottom of a river.

How long was it exposed to or saturated by flowing fresh water?

Decades? Centuries?

Hard to believe that would not seriously degrade the DNA in the skeleton.

[rfreedom4u]

But did the DNA test prove he was the father.....

[Varda]

Native just means the first humans in some spot. Native Americans is an accurate term.

Open source article here - The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man

BTW for those who don't remember, the reason he was thought to be Caucasion was because the forensics expert who first looked at him had no expertise with ancient skeletons. He quickly realized his error and recanted the original idea.

[immadashell]

She probably wasn’t the first crazy lady thrown into a tar pit or sacrificed into a volcano.

For the next one, I nominate Nancy Pelosi.

[commish]

But did the DNA test prove he was the father.....,

Tune in to the next Maury to find out!

[bgill]

Dolezal says we’re all black because we all came from Africa.

[onedoug]

I mention it too to compare and contrast roughly similar time frames.

[DannyTN]

I’m just glad Kennewick Man wasn’t transgendered.

[Rockingham]

Under the Rachel Dolezal principle, can’t we just ignore the DNA, claim him as European anyway, and then set up a string of sovereign and tax free reservations and casinos for our tribe?