Analysis Establishes Kennewick Man’s Ancestry
DNA analysis may help settle the debate over who owns the 9,000-year-old skeleton.
By Zach Zorich
Nov 30, 2015 6:00 AMNov 15, 2019 5:45 PM
A new DNA analysis of a bone fragment found that the skeleton shares ancestry with modern Native Americans, likely settling a lengthy debate over rights to the bones. | Chip Clark/Smithsonian Institution
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