Collection of hundreds of 19th-century skulls “is an unintended testament to the diversity of the U.S. population during a tumultuous moment in the nation’s history.” (By University of Miami anthropology professor Pamela L. Geller)
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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
Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist hierarchies but also diversity in the early United States.The Conversation
