“I thought that a court (or an expert) had declared Kennewick man to be Caucasian?”
It gets political. If the truth reveals that the current “Native Americans” weren’t the first people to populate the Americas, then they lose some of their perceived “right” to claim to be the displaced rightful “owners” of the land.
Genetic tests done later seem to indicate that he was of Siberian ancestry, having crossed the Bering Strait during the last ice age. We know too little about genetics to make any certain claims, however. I’ve heard Native Americans claim that Native Americans originated in America, which is impossible since a species cannot have two origins. We have evidence of humans originating in Africa.
From the article - ““Using ancient DNA, we were able to show that Kennewick Man is more closely related to Native Americans than any other population”. And the Native Americans are closely related to Asian populations, not European.
From the article - ““Using ancient DNA, we were able to show that Kennewick Man is more closely related to Native Americans than any other population”. And the Native Americans are closely related to Asian populations, not European.