Ancient 'Kennewick Man' skeleton was Native American: study
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 12:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The much-anticipated results of a study of DNA taken from the hand bone of the so-called Kennewick Man, a 8,500-year-old skeleton discovered in Washington state in 1996, suggest the man was most closely related to Native American populations, a team of international researchers said on Thursday.