1 hour ago · Brazil
Two skulls likely belonging to enslaved people returned to Brazil after Harvard used them in eugenics studies
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Brazil. The first report grouped here was at 11 Nov 2026, 22:50 UTC. The headline in use is “Two skulls likely belonging to enslaved people returned to Brazil after Harvard used them in eugenics studies”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Remains believed to have belonged to Africans or Afro-Brazilians repatriated after being flown back by diplomats Two skulls, including that of a man believed to have taken part in Brazil’s greatest slave revolt but whose remains were taken to the United States and used in racist eugenics studies at Harvard…
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