The rights of the dead
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From the Irish Giant to the Ancient One, is it ever ethical for scientists and museums to study bodies without permission? …
From the Irish Giant to the Ancient One, is it ever ethical for scientists and museums to study bodies without permission? …
Back in 1996, two young men stumbled across a human skull submerged in the Columbian River, situated in Kennewick, Washington. …
“Wheel,” by the Cheyenne-Arapaho artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds is situated outside the Denver Art Museum. The…
This is a story of courts and agencies interpreting regulations in a way that frustrates a law’s purpose and perpetuates the…
El 19 de septiembre de 1991 apareció por casualidad, en plenos Alpes, en un área entre la frontera italiana y la suiza, un…
Ученые секвернировали ДНК порядка 140 коренных австралийцев и их предков и подтвердили высокую степень сходства между геномом дре…
A recent Canadian documentary promoted a fringe idea in American archaeology that’s both scientifically wrong and racist Last…
Unearthed in 1996 after part of his skull was found along the shores of the Columbia River in Washington, Kennewick Man, a 9,000…
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“In an age in which ancient genomes can reveal startling links between historical populations, we should ask not just whether…
A mysterious set of 9,000-year-old bones, unearthed nearly 20 years ago in Washington, is finally going home. Following bitter…
A new technical report re-analyzes the data of Rasmussen et al. study on Kennewick man and confirms that he is related to…
UNITED STATES Five tribes claiming Kennewick Man as a relative will work to rebury him after the Army Corps of Engineers…
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Before the Europeans came, the Americas were settled by three waves of people from northeast Asia: the oldest wave beginning…
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Recently, paleontologists have used genomics to delve into the lives of ancient humans. These studies have capitalized on…
(Illustration: Public Domain)It seemed like a victory of science over myth when, in 2004, the United States Court of Appeals…
Last week was glorious for ancient DNA enthusiasts – here are some quick blurbs on findings from genomic analyses of the…
Carl Zimmer in the New York Times: In July 1996, two college students were wading in the shallows of the Columbia River near…
A little over a year ago the complete genome sequence of a Clovis individual, the 12,500 Anzick child, was published. His…
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An 8,500-year-old skeleton has been the focus of a bitter dispute between Native Americans and American scientists. A new study…
In July 1996, two college students were wading in the shallows of the Columbia River near the town of Kennewick, Wash., when…
Wreszcie poznaliśmy DNA słynnego szkieletu sprzed ponad 9000 lat, który znaleziono w 1996 r. w rzece Kolumbia w północno-zachodni…
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Environment Photo credit: Reconstruction of Kennewick man. Brittney Tatchell/Smithsonian Institute In the…
The new evidence suggests the ancient skeleton is closely related to members of a Washington state tribe. The findings are…
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Nature (2015) doi:10.1038/nature14625 The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man Morten Rasmussen, Martin Sikora, Anders…
One day in 1996, on the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington, two men found a human skull about ten feet from…
In an ironic twist, an analysis of ancient DNA from the specimen known as Kennewick Man supports the claims of Native Americans…
Depending on who you talk to, Kennewick Man is either among the most important archaeological finds in North American history…
Genome sequencing indicates Kennewick Man is Native American, reopening the bitter battle over whether he should be reburied or…
It took 9,000 years for the remains of Kennewick Man to be found in 1996, nearly a decade of legal wrangling with the…
Depending on who you talk to, Kennewick Man is either among the most important archaeological finds in North American history…
In 1996, a human skeleton washed out of a riverbank in Washington state. In time, searchers found roughly 90 percent of what…
A new study ends a nearly 20-year debate over whether a famous ancient skeleton is related to modern Native Americans. But the…