03/04 Annual Edition The Lost Man <Tab/>In the article, "The Lost Man," author Douglass Preston, address the findings of Kennewick Man, a nine thousand three hundred year old fossil. It was founded in Kennewick, Washington, thus getting the name "Kennewick Man," by two college students. James Chatters, a forensic anthropologist was called to identify the skull and projected the skull as having "Caucasoid features," with a long narrow braincase, a narrow …
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…the Corps decision was to turn the skeleton to the Umatillas and have them bury it. Eight anthropologists sued the Corps fighting that the Corps had no evidence to support its claim it had a connection to the Umatillas. The case was taken to U.S. District Court, Magistrate John Jelderks, who criticized the Army Corps of acting out before learning all the evidence. This gave the anthropologists hope Kennewick Man will be studied soon.