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.
Articles on Human remains
Displaying 21 - 25 of 25 articles
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.
Top contributors
-
Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
-
Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
-
Professor of History, UMass Amherst
-
PhD Candidate in History, Monash University
-
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
-
Senior Professor of History, University of the Western Cape
-
Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Clemson University
-
Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
-
Adjunct Lecturer in Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
-
Doctoral Student in Anthropology, American University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
-
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
-
Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University