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  1. Aug 15, 2019 · When human remains are recovered, three primary scientific methods are traditionally used to identify who they belong to: fingerprint analysis, which looks at the skin patterns on the tips of...

    • Jodie Ward
  2. Aug 14, 2023 · The Smithsonian’s collection of human remains is one of the largest in the world. It includes mummies, skulls and teeth, representing an unknown number of people. It also has a collection of...

  3. August 20, 2023, Opinion | The Washington Post. Smithsonian Forms Task Force to Develop Guidelines for Human Remains Collection. April 17, 2023, Smithsonian Newsdesk. Statement on Human Remains at the Smithsonian Institution. January 25, 2023, Smithsonian Newsdesk. Frequently Asked Questions. About the Collection.

  4. Oct 7, 2020 · Human remains preserve a clear record of past life to later generations. These remains, even if dated hundreds or thousands of years ago, maintain their human dignity and force the community to reflect on the ethical issues related to their analysis, curation and display.

    • Marta Licata, Alessandro Bonsignore, Rosa Boano, Francesca Monza, Ezio Fulcheri, Rosagemma Ciliberti
    • 2020
  5. Apr 27, 2021 · R. Perez/Penn Museum. Dozens of human skulls of Black people — some hundreds of years old — will be returned to their communities of origin for reburial, according to a commitment by the ...

  6. Dec 15, 2023 · A Washington Post investigative series into the Smithsonian’s collection of at least 30,700 human bones and other body parts, including more than 250 brains. This series reveals the museum’s ...

  7. www.britishmuseum.org › departments › human-remainsHuman remains | British Museum

    Great Russell Street. London WC1B 3DG. The British Museum holds and cares for human remains from around the world. Representing diverse cultures over thousands of years, this important collection is a unique record of the varied ways different societies have conceived of death and disposed of the remains of the dead.

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