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Prehistoric 'Kennewick Man' Was All Beefcake
NPR.org ^
| 10-21-2012
| Anna King
Posted on 10/21/2012 2:59:58 PM PDT by Renfield
For nearly a decade, scientists and Northwest tribes in Washington state fought bitterly over whether to bury or study the 9,500-year-old bones known as Kennewick Man. Scientists won the battle, and now, after years of careful examination, they're releasing some of their findings.
For starters, Kennewick Man was buff. I mean, really beefcake. So says Doug Owsley, head of physical anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and the man who led the study of the ancient remains.
Owsley can read the bones like we might read a book. He looks for ridge lines that indicate which muscles Kennewick Man used the most, and what he was doing with them. First off? He had muscular legs like a soccer player likely from running, trudging and hunting....
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: anthropology; archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; kennewick; kennewickman; paleoamericans
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To: Renfield
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posted on
10/22/2012 5:25:07 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: Varda
Exactly. Regarding “Ainu,” for anyone who’s been around Inuit folks,... It’s also funny, watching movies with settings in Medieval China. “Look Ma! The Injuns are comin’!” Frozen remains of redheads have also been discovered in many sites from the Gobi to northern Siberia, and from there, along the south of Russia to western Europe.
I don’t have any problem with any of that or other discoveries about races. Those of us who guess at the number of generations before us tend to realize something important about ourselves. We each make our individual identity.
I’m an American. “Prehistoric “Kennewick Man’” was also what he made of himself. As for making racial discoveries about ancient people, folks can chase their own tales, if they want to (spelling intentional). Most of the ancients cared more about nationalities and religions than races.
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10/22/2012 5:50:33 PM PDT
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familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96)
To: goat granny
"I may be wrong but I think asian and american indians had very little facial hair. Although my brother in law, Scilian countnt grow a beard or mustache. But had a great amount of hair on his head, thick and black and hard to get rid of bed head...he wore a silk stocking for a cap at night to keep his hair from getting too bed headdy....great guy, passed away in his 70s without any grey hair.."
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but this is the busiest time before winter here. Also quit smoking and have the temporary short attention span.
Anyway, Sicily was a busy world trading port for so long, it had something in common with our contemporary USA. As with Sicilians, many of we Americans are mutts. And we know that mutts rule, eh? ;-) To our health (although I hardly ever drink at all)!
As for Indians, I'm not sure. Maybe some didn't grow much facial hair. But you know, like Asians, many of them plucked it out or shaved it off. :-) Little story about some American Indians in northeastern early America. They were taller Indians. They found a little boy who'd gotten lost from a nearby colony.
They couldn't find his parents and adopted him. He spent most of his days out in the sun, like his tribe and nation. When he was beginning to come of age, they plucked all of the hair from his head except for the designated topknot spot near his crown. He became a young man and warrior of his adoptive people. Later, he was reintroduced to the people of the colony that he originated from.
Voila. Surprise. ;-)
Just imagine...if we each could get information on every single generation in our heritage before us...in all of history, from the Beginning. Whole lotta heritage there, no?
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10/26/2012 3:58:47 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: familyop
I once asked him the difference between a Sicilian and Italian. I would get permanently banned if I told you what he said....LOLgood luck on not smoking and no need to answer, concentrate on being a non-smoker. GG
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