Scientists should be allowed to study the remains of a 9,000-year-old skeleton known as the Kennewick Man, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Wednesday, rejecting appeals from ...

FILE - This July 24, 1997 file photo shows a plastic casting of the skull from the bones known as Kennewick Man, in Richland, Wash. One of the oldest and most complete skeletons found in North America ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years ago in a river in Washington is related to Native Americans, says a DNA study that could help resolve a long-running dispute over its ancestry ...

Denying a request by American Indian tribes who sought an immediate burial, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that scientists should be allowed to continue testing on a 9,000-year-old skeleton.

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KENNEWICK, Wash. – The ancient bones of the Kennewick Man have been returned to the ground. More than 200 members of five Columbia Plateau tribes and bands gathered at an undisclosed location over the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man is related to modern Native American tribes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday, opening the process for returning to a ...

American Indian tribes say the skeleton known as Kennewick Man is an ancient descendant and should be buried with respect. Anthropologists say he should be studied first. On Tuesday, U.S. District ...

SEATTLE — For a few days last week, the nation’s top forensic anthropologists thought they were finally going to get their chance to study Kennewick Man. The eight-year legal battle over the ...