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📰 "Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs"

A parliamentary group has published a report called Laying Ancestors to Rest. It condemns the sale of human remains and their display.

The report is mostly concerned with colonial crimes and wants law changes that allow national museums to repatriate remains they hold.

You can read the article here: theguardian.com/world/2025/mar

How do we feel about this out there?

10 #Oldest #Human #Skeletons in the World

oldest.org/people/human-skelet

While many #hominid or human #ancestor skeletons have been discovered that date back millions of years, the oldest modern human (#Homosapiens) skeletons are significantly more recent. Research suggests that Homo sapiens only appeared about 200,000 to 300,000 years ago. Some of the earliest #humanremains date back to this time, while the oldest nearly complete skeletons are only about 100,000 years old.

Oldest.org · 10 Oldest Human Skeletons in the World - Oldest.orgDiscover the 10 Oldest Human Skeletons in the World here. Prepare to be transported into a rich & fascinating history on the oldest human skeletons that exist.

As #GlobalWarming causes #glaciers around the world melt and recede, authorities have registered a significant increase in the number of #HumanRemains, as the bodies of #hikers and #climbers are released from the ice and snow.

"What was buried years ago is coming to the surface.”
Edson Ramirez, national park ranger

#USMountaineer buried by #avalanche 22 years ago found preserved in ice, police say.
theguardian.com/world/article/

"It was a lucrative business. Court records show that one buyer paid Denise Lodge more than $37,000, sending his payments with memos like 'head number 7' and 'braiiiiiins.'"

For WBUR, Ally Jarmanning reports on the macabre market for human body parts: wbur.org/news/2024/06/13/harva

WBUR · Harvard, the human remains trade, and collectors who fuel the market | WBUR NewsBy Ally Jarmanning

This is totally horrifying to me. What is wrong with us as a culture?

Stop sending human remains to the Moon

The Peregrine lander was due to deposit several people’s ashes on the Moon. The Navajo Nation is calling for broader discussion.

#moon #humanremains

nature.com/articles/d41586-024

www.nature.comStop sending human remains to the MoonThe Peregrine lander was due to deposit several people’s ashes on the Moon. The Navajo Nation is calling for broader discussion.

The Smithsonian seeks to return Human Remains, most collected and studied under dubious circumstances
L'antropologo Aleš Hrdlička (Archivi dello Smithsonian Institution)

The Smithsonian seeks to redress the historical injustice and practice of scientific racism
newsviews.online/2024/02/27/th
#HumanRights #AlesHrdlicka #HumanRemains #Repatriation #ScientificRacism #TheSmithsonian

Wie umgehen mit #humanremains in universitären #Sammlung|en und #Museen? Zum Abschluss unserer Reihe "Wem gehören kulturelle Güter?" an der #JGUMainz spricht die Kulturanthropologin Prof. Dr. Regina F. Bendix von der #UniGöttingen über "Grenzen des Besitzens", ein besonderes Erbe des #Kolonialismus und die Würde menschlicher Überreste. 👉 Ab 18:15 Uhr online unter t1p.de/STG-JGU-Bendix