Published: January 23, 2020

What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!)

What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!)

Many museums house significant numbers of human remains, many of which were acquired without the consent of the individual in question. So, our good friend Caitlin from Ask a Mortician stopped by the Field Museum to talk with us about it. This is a humongous and complicated topic - we'd love to know what you think!

Caitlin's channel, Ask a Mortician and her website. Read her books they're AWESOME!

Info on NAGPRA.

Here's the paper from Science about the person from Spirit Cave and the genetic testing of that individual.

Mummy unwrapping parties from Atlas Obscura.

Origins of Exhibited Cadavers Questioned from NPR. 

More on Grover Krantz, Sasquatch scientist and expert on human evolution.