[Wombat101]

Let me take a guess at what WON'T be said:

"Kennewick Man was Caucasian."

[hershey]

High time this research came out.

[Spunky]

I thought you might all be interested in the most recent information since you have been on previous threads.

Kennewick Mans bones were found on the Columbia River almost directly across from where I live.

[ElkGroveDan]

"There may be some things that we will never know," she said.

...thanks to the Clinton administration ordering that the excavation site be bulldozed and then buried under tons of new soil.

[Darkwolf377]

They also found his diaries, written on Bill the Cat stationary.

[razoroccam]

So they finally found Jimmy Hoffa.

[FOG724]

Too bad Clinton burried the site.

[VOA]

bump

[zeugma]

According to the ID in the Kennewick man's back pocket, his full name was Robert Benjamin Kennewick..

[Zavien Doombringer]

The Verdict is:

WE FOUND JIMMY HOFFA!

[RightWhale]

"I think you will be surprised at what all is accomplished," he said. "I'm anxious to share it. I think you will be taken aback

He worked for UAE? Or went hunting with Cheney?

[narby]

You've been {{{pung}}} .....

What do you think/know about this???

[blam]

"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

[blam]

Here's an article posted today about the first guy, James Chatters, to study Kennewick Man.

[redpoll]

I don't give a damn about the race of Kenniwick Man. His DNA would be fascinating, since that can inform me about the location of his ancestors. His lifestyle that can be gleaned from the bones and teeth would be very interesting. His race, however, is close to meaningless as meaningless gets. Human beings tend to wander, usually (but not always) in tribal groups, and that means people get pushed around. People also intermarry once they become neighbors (as well as fight wars), and that further makes race meaningless. The same racial purity garbage emerging from the Umatilla about Kenniwick Man being an ancestor because he was found near to their current tribal land is as equally absurd as someone cheering about Kenniwick Man's "Caucasian" background. Nine thousand years is a lot of time between us and him, especially concerning such easily changable features like skin color, nose shape, and so on that determine "race." I've seen the Patrick Stewart lookalike; that model is also without many designators of race like hair, skin color, and hair color. My guess, based on nothing more than seeing lots and lots people in this lifetime, is that he would have looked like no one we've ever seen before. Just a guess, but a lot better guess than presuming he looked like some Nordic dude.

[Spunky]

Ping! Maybe the Washington ping list might be interested.

"Scientists plan to disclose their findings about Kennewick Man on Thursday in Seattle, nearly a decade after the discovery of the 9,000-year-old skeleton that attracted worldwide interest and sparked a lengthy legal fight."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam & Spunky.

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[Ptarmigan]

Kennewick Man was Ainu/Polynesian, like the ones you see in Japan and South Pacific. I bet they also lived in Korea before the modern day Koreans came.