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Nature 427, 287 (22 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/427287c

Return of bone archives is a loss to humanity

Neil Chalmers1

  1. The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK

As a member of the panel that published the Palmer report supporting the principle of repatriation of ancestral remains ("Bone archives face prospect of dispersal" Nature 426, 109; 200310.1038/426109a), but also as the sole author of a statement of dissent, I argue that competing concerns must be weighed carefully on a case-by-case basis.

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