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Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn't
Big-brained "Caucasians," he argued in the 1839 publication "Crania Americana," were far superior to small-skulled American Indians and even smaller-skulled Black Africans. Many subsequent ...
A Native American adolescent’s skull at the Penn Museum moves closer home
The Museum has established the deceased's tribal heritage and is proceeding with the steps toward repatriating the remains.