[extropy-chat] ANTHRO: Kenniwick Man belongs to science

Kevin Freels kevinfreels at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 5 22:53:11 UTC 2004


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From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [extropy-chat] ANTHRO: Kenniwick Man belongs to science


>
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/AAFB80F54839DD2D88256E300069CF95/$file/0235994.pdf
>
> In another decision by the 9th circuit court certain to draw
> controversy from the left (for a change), Kenniwick Man, a skeleton
> dating back more than 9,000 years found in Washington State, which
> posesses characteristics common to the caucasian Ainu tribe, the
> aboriginal people of Japan, has been ruled to have no evidence that he
> is tied in any way to any existing native American tribe. Therefore he
> belongs  to science.
>
> This should be hailed as a victory of science over superstition, rather
> than focusing on the divisive issue of tenancy in North America, since
> Kenniwick Man predates the tenancy of the modern Indian's ancestors, he
> raises political questions in this area.
>
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