No Bone Unturned

<p><strong>A fast and exciting read. . . . This survey of Owsley's career will appeal to both science and legal buffs. --Publishers Weekly</strong></p><p>The story of the Smithsonian's brilliant forensic anthropologist and the 9000-year-old skeleton that sparked his landmark lawsuit against the U.S. government</p><p>When he is not studying ancient skeletons Doug Owsley is enlisted by the State Department and the FBI to identify remains. He has worked on some of the most notorious tragedies in recent history--Bosnia Waco 9/11 and Jeffrey Dahmer's victims among them. When an anthropologist in Kennewick WA calls Owsley to help study a 9000 year-old caucasoid skeleton he gets caught up in a battle against the Justice Department and Indian tribes who claim the skeleton is Native American and should be buried and not analyzed.</p><p>Owsley backed by scientists worldwide files suit against the government and is now at the forefront of a landmark case--currently pending a ruling in the U.S. District Court--that may alter repatriation laws and have a significant impact on the classic views of Native Americans migration patterns and anthropology as well as our understanding of prehistory.</p>