Legal Opinion
Bonnichsen v. United States, Department of the Army
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided February 19, 1997No. Nos. 96-1481-JE, 96-1516-JEPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JELDERKS, United States Magistrate Judge.
In July 1996, a skeleton was found along the Columbia River in Benton County, Washington. The coroner and local police were notified, and the skeleton removed. Several forensic anthropologists briefly examined the remains. Their preliminary examinations raised more questions than they answered about the ethnic background of that individual.1 Radiocarbon testing was then performed. The results indicated that the skeleton is of a man who walked the earth more than 9000 years ago.
The discovery attracted considerable attention from the media, which…
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Bonnichsen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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- Bonnichsen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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