Article: For Kennewick Man, it's something to diet for Meat or veggies - expert seeks answer to culinary questions.(News)

Byline: Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News

The Associated Press contributed to this report

Was Kennewick Man a vegetarian or a carnivore?

That's one of the questions Lafayette geochemist Thomas Stafford hopes to answer in coming months, using tiny bits of rib and shin bone taken from the celebrated ancient skeleton, possibly up to 9,200 years old, found near the Columbia River in 1996.

Stafford and more than 20 other scientists gathered at a Seattle museum this week to examine the skeleton and collect samples. Kennewick Man is one of the oldest and best preserved human skeletons ever found in North America.

The bones likely ...

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