A Long, Complicated Battle Over 9,000-Year-Old Bones Is over

A Long, Complicated Battle Over 9,000-Year-Old Bones Is Finally Over
May 5, 2016 TASNEEM RAJA
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A reconstruction of Kennewick Man sculpted to resemble the Ainu people of Japan, considered by some at the time to be his closest living relatives.
Now, a link to Native Americans has been confirmed.
Brittney Tatchell/Smithsonian Institute

Last week, there was a big development in the long-running, bitter, complicated battle over a 9,000-year-old set of bones known variously as "Kennewick Man" or "The Ancient One," depending on whom you ask.

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed that the ancient bearer of the bones is genetically linked to modern-day Native Americans.
Now, under federal law, a group of tribes that has been fighting to rebury him will almost certainly get to do so.

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