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The bones of two 9,000-year-old skeletons will remain above ground for at least a little while longer, thanks to a United States district court judge who signed an injunction this week (May 7) to extend a temporary restraining order keeping the bones in the custody of University of California, San Diego, officials until a case over the bones is settled, ScienceInsider reported.
For the past 6 years, since their discovery in 2006 during excavation of the UCSD chancellor’s home, the skeletons have been the center of a legal battle. The Kumeyaay Indians of San Diego want to rebury the bones, which they believe were unearthed from ancestral tribal lands, and filed a lawsuit this April to reclaim them. But three UCSC professors fought back, filing ...
