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Managing collections of humain remains in South Arican museums and universities

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<p>Sealy, J 2003: Managing collections o humain remains in South Arican museums and universities: ethical policy-making and scientiic value. In: South African Journal of Science, 99. P. 238–239.</p>
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<p>Several Articles in this issue describe recent work on fossil hominid remains<br>or on the emergence of modern humans (between 200 000 and 100 000 years ago) — major issues in archaeology and anthropology to which South African finds have made and continue to make a key contribution. Ancient human remains can be meaningfully assessed only in a comparative framework, by tracing the emergence or disappearance of features, or investigating relationships between lineages.</p>