In a statement sent to its faculty, senior leaders of Penn apologized.
“The Penn Museum and the University of Pennsylvania apologize to the Africa family and the members of our community for allowing human remains recovered from the MOVE house to be used for research and teaching, and for retaining the remains for far too long,” said the statement, which was from provost Wendell Pritchett and Christopher Woods, director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
It added: “The museum has promised to reassess our practices of collecting, stewarding, displaying, and researching human remains, and we are committed to this promise. It is now obvious, however, that this reassessment must also include how human remains are used in teaching as well as a comprehensive review of the holdings and collection practices of our Physical Anthropology section.”
Penn Museum Apologizes For Unethical Possession Of Human Remains
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