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Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape

Old human remains found on the Pacific islands of Palau are caught in the crossfire between entertainment and science. Rex Dalton reports.

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Dalton, R. Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape. Nature 452, 806–808 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452806a

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