October
27
/ 2013
Nearly two decades ago, two young men stumbled across a human skull in the Columbian River at Kennewick, Washington. The discovery ended up being one of the biggest archaeological finds of a generation and despite extensive research, scientists still don’t have all the answers about the origins of this mysterious individual. Following the discovery of the skull, archaeologists were able to recover 350 other bones and fragments and dated the remains to be somewhere between 8,000 and 9,500 years old. The remains were determined to be those of a male of late middle age and tall with a slender build. Kennewick Man, as he has become known is one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in North
