The legal and scientific debates that arose after the discovery in 1996 of a skeleton dubbed Kennewick Man illustrates all of the following EXCEPT
A. that sometimes questions of ownership of and access to physical and archaeological remains place anthropologists and indigenous people in opposing camps.
B. the ineffectiveness of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which has no real legal or political recognition.
C. the often complicated ethical implications of unearthing human remains and attempting to reconstruct their physical and cultural identities.
D. the fact that not everyone appreciates anthropology all the time.
E. that scientific knowledge is not politically or culturally neutral.
Answer: B
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