Court OKs Study of Ancient Kennewick Man
Scientists can study the 9,300-year-old remains of the Kennewick Man, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld an August decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge John Jelderks in Portland, Ore. Northwest Indian tribes wanted the bones, found by the Columbia River in 1996, to be turned over for burial.
The three-judge panel found that the remains did not fall under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and could be studied under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.
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