| Description | Collected from the UK and around the world for the primary purpose of studying racial difference, the Anatomy Human Remains Collection accounts for just over 80% of the Anatomy Anthropology Collection. Of these, almost 90% are represented by skull or skull parts, about 6% by full or partial skeletons (some articulated); 5% by hair samples and the remainder by three cremations. Due to the quality of the archives, there is a significant amount of information available about when, where, who, and how these remains were obtained. Over 90% have associated provenance information to country or, sometimes, continent level, and of these about 50% have information that provides additional detail ranging from place of burial to region or state within a country. Over one hundred remains are of named individuals. The collection contains remains from at least 90 countries. |
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