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is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter

Victoria Gibbon, Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape TownDecember 25, 2025December 25, 2025

Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings…

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Who speaks for the dead? Rethinking consent in ancient DNA research

Victoria Gibbon, Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape TownNovember 12, 2025November 12, 2025

Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died?…

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How do bodies decompose? Cape Town forensic scientists are pushing frontiers of new detection methods

Victoria Gibbon, Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape TownSeptember 5, 2025September 5, 2025

Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the…

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Ancient human DNA from a South African rock shelter sheds light on 10,000 years of history

Victoria Gibbon, Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape TownOctober 3, 2024October 3, 2024

Oakhurst rock shelter is an archaeological site near the town of George on the southern…