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When the University of Cape Town discovered skeletons in its archive that had been unethically obtained and used, they set about restoring justice to the bones and the community they came from.
Ancient DNA allows scientists to learn directly from the remains of people from the past. As this new field takes off, researchers are figuring out how to ethically work with ancient samples and each other.
Protesters have urged a boycott of Sydney's current Real Bodies exhibition, over claims that it could display remains of executed Chinese political prisoners.
Are DNA samples today's version of the human skeletons that hung in 20th-century natural history museums? They can provide genetic revelations about our species' history – but at an ethical price.
A 9,000-year-old skeleton became a high-profile and highly contested case for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. How do we respectfully deal with ancient human remains?
You don't have to be a physician or anatomist to be curious about how bodies work. Exhibits of dead human specimens have been around for quite a while – capitalizing on our fascination with death.
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science Education & STEAM Education and the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Phoenicia University
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Lecturer on Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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PhD Candidate in History, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Banting Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta
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Professor of Anthropology, Saint Louis University – Madrid
