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The bottom line here...is if you are a researcher, and come across suspicious bones from now on...you take them to your study quietly and don't report nothing until the final report is conclusive. It may be bad ethics...but looking at how the federal government has gotten itself involved in the control of bones...its the only way. And one can be sure of one thing. If the Kennewick dude was around...he's got relatives who were here, and their bones will eventually be found...and we won't repeat this performance with the government laws.

Sort of like a "Black Ops in reverse." B-) I have a version of the "Three S's" for this one, "Shovel, Steal, and Shut-Up" until your analysis is complete. I know if I was an archeologist/anthropologists and I found bones over 9000 years old, I would be quiet about, try to keep quiet while getting tests and even hide some samples in case if I'm found it. It's a shame but it seems like the laws are against the science community where they should not be. I'm reminded of the story in the original "Planet of the Apes" where there is a "Forbidden Zone" and the elite keeps the scientists quiet about the fact that human civilization predated them and was much more advanced.