Who was the kennewick man?

I dont think it should be the big deal its been made out to be, theres plenty of very viable theories that in addition to Asian immigration through the Bering Straight to populate there were people who durin gthe ice age moved from northern Europe along the edge of the ice or in boats, surviving on cod and seals, so a caucasian infusion is possible.  It also explains the inconsistencies with dating that soem east coast native american sites have.

Picard, that what you get for messing with the space-time continiuum!

On a serious, AFAIK anthropologists say his is skull is like that of a caucasian in the techical sense (aka caucasoid), which includes many Middle eastern types, Indians (from India), some central Asians, and then some, so immediatly invoking the popularaised US-centric notion of caucasian = only Europeans can be misleading.
Unless of course the anthroplogists who studied the remains specificly narrowed it down to Europeand type Caucies.

I live in Cheney near Spokane!! I am from Walla Walla, WA. The Tri-cities are so barren and desert-like. I live the river.

Check the links above for the answer!!

Good resemblence but the Kennewick man and Patrick Steward have similar noses.

Anything new on the Kennewick man?   I have not heard a thing about it for a while. I use to get emails from the Tri-city Herald.

Originally posted by Nick1986 Recently red-haired mummies were discovered in China. It's likely some whites did head east, although not in large numbers

Is that the Tarim Basin Mummies? I have not kept up with that for a while.

Maybe Patrick steward went back in time-LOL !





Edited by eaglecap - 28-Sep-2011 at 18:04

Originally posted by eaglecap Originally posted by Nick1986 Recently red-haired mummies were discovered in China. It's likely some whites did head east, although not in large numbers Is that the Tarim Basin Mummies? I have not kept up with that for a while. Maybe Patrick steward went back in time-LOL !

Impossible. He's always been bald

Most of the controversy surrounding the Kennewick man stems from the fact the local Indian population claims that he is an ancestor. Even though carbon dating and other forms of more esoteric origin show his death occurred a couple of thousand years before their apparent haplogroup even remotely showed up. So he is currently mired in lawsuits between all parties involved. 
It is all a power grab for control of the remains. I would direct you to this Wiki article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick_Man

@ Red Clay. I was a resident of Nevada. Up near Lovelock, NV there was another body found back in the early '90's. Unlike Kennewick Man, this man was found rolled up in a handwoven blanket laying underneath a rock out crop. When hikers discovered him, they thought he was recently dead. Come to find out he had been dead almost 9,000 years. 

Pretty amazing no one had disturbed the body or animals had destroyed it. The Lovelock discovery is near an earlier discovery from the 1940's at a place called Spirit Cave. What makes the Lovelock Mummy so very unique is that his clothes and other textiles were found preserved with him. He is not just a collection bones. All primitive or early societies have what I call fingerprint technologies. One of which is the tying of knots. Oddly enough once a series of successful knots are established, rarely does that society then change to another. Weaving of material can only be done so many ways, ie looms on frames, foot looms, spinning of material into yarn for the weavers. Then there is the use of other organic matter, bone beads, porcupine spines and other embellishments. -But the tying off of those threads remain the same.

Why is this important in regards to this thread? Kennewick Man's DNA and his bone structure points to an indigenous people of Japan called the Ainu. But that is the only clues, he possess. But the Lovelock Mummy not only has Ainu DNA but his textile knots are almost direct copies of ancient Ainu Textiles found in Northern Japan.