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18/06/2015 Kennewick Man is confirmed to be Native American

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Unraveling the mysteries of the Kennewick Man

Kennewick Man is the name generally given to the skeletal remains of a prehistoric Paleoamerican man found on a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, USA. First thought to be of Caucasian origin, archeologist Eske Willerslev and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen extracted a complete genome sequence from the remains, discovering it to be related to modern Native Americans.
    • Essentials 

    • Personal 

    • Discovery 

    • Ethnological investigations 

    • Scientific significance 

    • Scientific criticism of Owsley study 

    • Ownership controversy 

    • DNA 

    • Race factor 

    • Return and reburial 

    • Bibliography