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Kennewick man ruling - politics or science?
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This latest news on the use of ancient remains for scientific research is by no means the last say in this difficult issue. From the UK context, there is the recently published report by the Working Group on Human Remains and reactions to that report.
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  1. Lawrence Chin9:15 am, May 16, 2004

    A transcript of an earlier discussion on the issues surrounding the repatriation of human remains currently in museums' collections:
    "Human Remains: Objects to Study or Ancestors to Bury?" (May 2003)
    http://www.instituteofideas.com/transcripts/human_remains.pdfOne interesting snippet buried in the discussion is the claim that: "it is not possible under English jurisprudence to own parts of a body, you can possess them but not own them."

    Now, would that be applicable to materials used in the making of contempoprary artworks - hair? teeth? blood? DNA?

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