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Scientists May Study Ancient Skeleton, Court Says, Rejecting Appeals From Government and 5 Tribes

By ALYSON KLEIN

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 the federal government and from five American Indian tribes that claimed to be descendants...

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