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The Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection is a collection of some 1,728 human skeletons held by the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States. [1] The skeletons have been widely used in research for anthropology and forensic science.
Hrdlička blamed the reports of giant skeletons on the "will to believe" coupled with "amateur anthropologists" who were unfamiliar with human anatomy. In 2014 an internet story began circulating which claimed that the Smithsonian Institution had custody of giant skeletons but they destroyed "thousands of giant skeletons" in the early 20th century.
The conservation and restoration of human remains involves the long-term preservation and care of human remains in various forms which exist within museum collections.This category can include bones and soft tissues as well as ashes, hair, and teeth. [1]
Lonnie Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, addressed a recent Washington Post investigation that revealed that the institution still holds tens of thousands of body parts taken ...
The Act also required that human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony be considered for repatriation to tribal communities, as well as objects acquired illegally. Since 1989 the Smithsonian has repatriated over 5,000 individual remains – about 1/3 of the total estimated human remains in its collection. [9]
Owsley's primary research is focused on human skeletal remains from the 17th-century Chesapeake region of Virginia and Maryland. The results of this research have been presented to the public in an exhibition at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History entitled "Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake". Dr.
The remains were confirmed to be those of Reginald “Reggie” Frisby, who was born in 1956 in New York state. Frisby’s remains were uncovered in June 1985 at a crime scene tied to notorious ...
The remains of 17 Native Americans and over 300 funerary objects discovered between 1910–1985 were laid to rest. The repatriation and reburial of human remains is a current issue in archaeology and museum management on the holding of human remains. Between the descendant-source community and anthropologists, there are a variety of opinions on ...