Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value
| dc.contributor.author | Sealy, Judith | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-24T09:36:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-24T09:36:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-13T10:15:15Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Several articles in this issue describe recent work on fossil hominid remains 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. The study of recent human skeletons (those from the last 10 000 or so years) plays an important role in such comparisons: a role that can be critical, as in the question of whether early modern humans in South Africa were or were not the direct ancestors of more recent Khoesan populations — an as yet unresolved question. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Sealy, J. (2003). Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value. <i>South African Journal of Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26913 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Sealy, Judith "Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value." <i>South African Journal of Science</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26913 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sealy, J. (2003). Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: ethical policy-making and scientific value: reviews of current issues and research findings: human origins research in South Africa. South African journal of science, 99(5 & 6), p-238. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Sealy, Judith AB - Several articles in this issue describe recent work on fossil hominid remains 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. The study of recent human skeletons (those from the last 10 000 or so years) plays an important role in such comparisons: a role that can be critical, as in the question of whether early modern humans in South Africa were or were not the direct ancestors of more recent Khoesan populations — an as yet unresolved question. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value TI - Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26913 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26913 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Sealy J. Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value. South African Journal of Science. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26913. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Science | |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.sajs.co.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Human remains (Archaeology) | |
| dc.subject.other | Museums | |
| dc.subject.other | Universities & colleges | |
| dc.subject.other | Archaeology | |
| dc.title | Managing collections of human remains in South African museums and universities: Ethical policy-making and scientific value | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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