Chaco Canyon Dig Unearths Ethical Concerns

• Published in: Human biology Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 177 - 180
• Main Authors: Claw, Katrina G., Lippert, Dorothy, Bardill, Jessica, Cordova, Anna, Fox, Keolu, Yracheta, Joseph M., Bader, Alyssa C., Bolnick, Deborah A., Malhi, Ripan S., TallBear, Kimberly, Garrison, Nanibaa' A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wayne State University Press 01.07.2017
• Subjects: American Indians; ANCIENT DNA; Anthropological museums; Anthropology; Archaeology; Canyons; Communication; Community; Cultural repatriation; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA sequencing; DNA, Ancient; Ethical dilemmas; ETHICS; Evolutionary linguistics; Exploitation; Genealogy; Genetics; Genomes; Genomics; Genomics - ethics; Government agencies; Graves; History; Human remains; Humans; Indians, North American - ethnology; Indians, North American - genetics; INVITED COMMENTARY; Marginality; Medical ethics; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority groups; Museums; NATIVE AMERICANS; Native culture; Native North Americans; New Mexico - ethnology; PALEOGENOMICS; Paleontology - ethics; Prehistoric era; Repatriation; Research ethics; Researcher-Subject Relations - ethics; Researchers; Social exclusion; Studies; Technology; United States history; United States > US; Chaco Canyon; ANCIENT DNA; PALEOGENOMICS; NATIVE AMERICANS; ETHICS

The field of paleogenomics (the study of ancient genomes) is rapidly advancing, with more robust methods of isolating ancient DNA and increasing access to next-generation DNA sequencing technology. As these studies progress, many important ethical issues have emerged that should be considered when a...