The macabre collection, currently in storage, was accumulated by Samuel George Morton in the first half of the 19th century. University of Pennsylvania Youtube A museum in Philadelphia has apologized ...
Grave History: The Penn Museum has apologized for its "unethical possession" of a collection of human skulls belonging to Black Americans and slaves. Following years of protests by students and ...
The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) announced that it will remove from view parts of its Morton Cranial Collection, which includes skulls of ...
When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share some lore. "Legend has it," she said, "John James Audubon really collected ...
Looking for the perfect holiday gift for a slightly morbid loved one? Adopt a skull for them. The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia's Save Our Skulls fundraiser is inviting fans of medical history and the ...
In the 1830s and 1840s, American craniologist Samuel Morton collected and measured hundreds of human skulls in what he described as an attempt to compare the brain size of five human racial groups. At ...
Robbers, prostitutes, and fallen tightrope walkers: the craniums in the Hyrtl Skull Collection in the Mütter Museum at College of Physicians of Philadelphia are fractured remains of imperfect lives.
Ancient skulls pillaged by German invaders from East Africa have been traced to living relatives, thanks to DNA analysis, Berlin's Museums authority (SPK) said Tuesday. The discovery of descendants, ...
In the 1830s and 1840s, American craniologist Samuel Morton collected and measured hundreds of human skulls in what he described as an attempt to compare the brain size of five human racial groups. At ...
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