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Re:The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets by droithomme on Monday August 25, 2014 @10:40PM (#8225440)
> It was only later that the Bering land bridge migration occurred

This is interesting. Kennewick man's bones were radiocarbon dated to 8900 years before present, or around 6900 BCE.

I have never heard before that the "Bering land bridge migration" occurred after 6900BCE. That is much more recent than most estimates.

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Re:The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets by bdevine on Monday August 25, 2014 @11:19PM (#8225541)
Right, given that as yet no DNA from Kennewick Man is available, I believe it's implied that he may have been the product of intermingling between the theoretical first settlers and the later Bering settlers. No revision of land bridge migration dates would be needed.
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