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The Neues (New) Museum in Berlin, Germany, photographed in August 2016. It is home to the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, where research on hundreds of human skulls collected from the former colony of German East Africa was conducted in hopes of better pinpointing their origins. The Berlin museum authority said it would soon return the skulls to the African countries where they belong. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Fred Romero. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Berlin museums ready to return skulls from former German colony in Africa

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The Neues (New) Museum in Berlin, Germany, photographed in August 2016. It is home to the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, where research on hundreds of human skulls collected from the former colony of German East Africa was conducted in hopes of better pinpointing their origins. The Berlin museum authority said it would soon return the skulls to the African countries where they belong. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Fred Romero. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

The Neues (New) Museum in Berlin, Germany, photographed in August 2016. It is home to the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, where research on hundreds of human skulls collected from the former colony of German East Africa was conducted in hopes of better pinpointing their origins. The Berlin museum authority said it would soon return the skulls to the African countries where they belong. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Fred Romero. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

BERLIN (AP) – The Berlin museum authority said Jan. 18 that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former German colony of East Africa after having researched their origin for several years.

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