Those who have inspected his bones that were found in 1995 conclude that Kennewick Man was tall for his time at 5 feet 7 inches and well-muscled, according to researchers and other experts who examined his remains.
The Kennewick man lived 9,000 years ago.
The experts conclude through the Kennewick skeleton that he was 163-pound, wide-bodied frame helped him navigate the steppe-like habitat of his surroundings along the northwest coast of North America where he hunted and fished. He had no cavities because he didn’t eat any sugar, experts claim, according Smithsonian Science.
Kennewick Man, called the “Ancient One” by American Indians, may have lived among big-game animals such as deer, pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep but primarily consumed fish and marine mammals.
This diet, along with Kennewick Man’s reliance on glacial meltwater in rivers, is consistent with the lifestyle of a traveler from the northern part of the continent who made his way down the Pacific coast to Washington state, according to the Smithsonian.
“His hand, arm and shoulder bones suggest that he was right handed and was adept at flint knapping and throwing spears with an atlatl. Kennewick Man survived two major injuries during his life, including six broken ribs from blunt force trauma to the chest and an adversarial encounter with a spear. The resulting impact from the spear left a stone projectile point permanently lodged in Kennewick Man’s pelvis for multiple years during his lifetime,” according to Smithsonian Science.
For more information read the recently published: Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton