Human bones are studied by archaeologists and anthropologists to provide evidence on how ancient peoples lived. ... Scientists believe that Kennewick Man's DNA might prove that the peopling of the America's was more ethnically diverse, thus changing the accepted theories of how and by whom the America's were populated. ... This also protects burial sites on tribal and federal land from excavation and thus states it is illegal to dig Native American artifacts out of the ground or to display them in museums without permission. (3) This also empowered Native Americans with the cho...

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