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Scientists releasing Kennewick Man research
Tri-City Herald ^
| February 22, 2006
| Anna King, Herald staff writer
Posted on 02/22/2006 1:25:48 PM PST by Spunky
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To: blowfish
To: blowfish
your right, carbon dating is totally flawless... there's never been any mistakes. /sarc/
To: FOG724
"Too bad Clinton buried the site." Our Congressman, Doc Hastings presented a bill to keep them from doing that. It passed the House and it passed the Senate, but before it could be put in the record, Clintoon went ahead an ordered the dirty job done. We sat and watched the cranes with buckets sitting idle while this legislation was taking place.
When it started up again, they put so much burlap, rocks and vegetation that it will be impossible to ever uncover the site to study it again.
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posted on
02/22/2006 1:55:45 PM PST
by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
To: Coyoteman
You've been {{{pung}}} .....
What do you think/know about this???
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posted on
02/22/2006 1:56:17 PM PST
by
narby
(Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
To: muawiyah
****They're going to say the Kennewick Man was Japanese****
No way. He was Irish.
He likely emigrated here as a result of the 1st potato famine - caused by them dam Druids.
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posted on
02/22/2006 1:58:35 PM PST
by
Condor51
(Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
To: FastCoyote
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:03:12 PM PST
by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
To: Nathan Zachary
"Largest known eruption from Cascade Range volcano. Catastrophic, caldera-forming eruption 7,000 years ago; post-caldera lava and domes 2 ... From a probable altitude of roughly 12,000 feet, the top of former Mount Mazama was lost to eruption and collapse that left the present huge crater and the deepest lake (1,932 feet) in North America. Explosive eruptions built Wizard Island and two other cones (submerged) on present crater floor 3.Crater Lake, OregonSince his bones were found to be below the earth level of fall out from Mount Mazama, it is fairly certain he was at least from 7000 years ago.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:07:33 PM PST
by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
To: Zavien Doombringer
Nah, I'm thinking D. B. Cooper.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:09:27 PM PST
by
Heatseeker
(Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
To: Spunky
This is the first I have heard about this.. what was the justification for destroying the excavation site??
To: muawiyah
"They're going to say the Kennewick Man was Japanese (but of the type before the Chinese arrived)."Do you mean the Ainu?
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:12:15 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: Condor51
No way. He was Irish. Yep, just wondered off on the way home from the pub. Happens to me all the time. As his direct descendent and rightful heir I demand a casino.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:12:47 PM PST
by
usurper
(Spelling or grammatical errors in this post can be attributed to the LA City School System)
To: Nathan Zachary
But with "scientists" automatic knee jerk reaction to make everything a billion years old via carbon dating I rest my case.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:17:07 PM PST
by
blowfish
To: Spunky; SunkenCiv
"Doug Owsley, the forensic anthropologist for the Smithsonian and the lead scientist studying Kennewick Man, will detail his findings at the American Academy of Forensic Scientists annual meeting." It was Owsley who put the money and prestige of the Smithsonian institute on the side of the scientists to study Kennewick Man that brought this about.(and, It almost didn't happen)
I was so appreciative, I ordered a subscription to Smithsonian Magazine. Without that support, the Indians probably would have gotton the remains and hidden/buried them for ever
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:17:31 PM PST
by
blam
To: Spunky
Here's an article posted today about the first guy, James Chatters, to study Kennewick Man.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:20:40 PM PST
by
blam
To: Spunky
"...it is fairly certain he was at least from 7000 years ago." They already know how old he is, 9,400 years old. Some study was done before the Indians stopped it.
BTW, John McCain has a bill in Congress that would automatically give (without study) any bones found in this country to the Indians. I will never, ever vote for this guy for anything!!!
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:25:25 PM PST
by
blam
To: muir_redwoods
"Do you mean the Ainu?" Yes, that's what he means...and, some Polynesian.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:27:09 PM PST
by
blam
To: Spunky
Could be from around that time somewhere, or even more recent There are theories that as ice retreated, Asians Mongoloids or even ppl from Europe could have crossed land bridges from when sea levels were lower, and began inhabiting the edges of the continent which would have been the only places warm enough to survive at the time. Global catastrophic event caused the last ice age in the first place, sudden continental shifting, so it is possible that this skeleton could be from before that time as well.
There are plenty of theories out there, and we can only study the evidence of what have been a one time event that will never happen again.
As far as earth study goes, we don't as yet have the ability to study but a thin layer of the earth. It's equivalent to the layer of skin that peels off your shoulders. That's it.That's the layer most earthquakes come from. What's under that is only a guess. Some say liquid. some say.. well say anything you like, Cheesecake. Mmmm cheesecake
To: Wombat101
Scientists tell the truth. No PC from them./sarc
The only thing they could say about him that wouldn't be challenged would be that he was a muzzie. Muzzie scholars would surely agree and no one would disagree for fear of decapitation.
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posted on
02/22/2006 2:30:08 PM PST
by
isrul
To: Nathan Zachary
I take it you get your nonsense in the Giant Economy-sized packs of drivel from Sam's Club?
To: Wombat101
From what I remember from older articles, the initial guesses was that he was of some sort of Polynesian ancestry.
Hence, the "First Nation" types, to borrow a Canadian term, fight to keep researchers away from a skeleton much older
than what American Indians can document, "poodle papers" notwithstanding.
I did try to buy a book on the subject, but B&N couldn't find the one copy they had on hand, and my interest wandered
to other things...
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