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kennewick man  

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  • Kennewick Man is the appellation bestowed upon the prehistoric human remains of an individual discovered in the Columbia River at its confluence with the Snake River, near Kennewick, Washington, during the summer of 1996. A legal battle ensued between the scientific community and the Native American community as to whether the bones should be studied or buried. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Kennewick Man]

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