Owning humankind: fossils, humans and archaeological remains.

Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Alessandro Pelizzon, John Page, Nicole Rice, Anja Scheffers

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Renaud Joannes-BoyauGeoarchaeology and Archaeometry Research Group (GARG), Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore, 2480, NSW, Australia.

Alessandro PelizzonSchool of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore, 2480, NSW, Australia.

John PageSchool of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore, 2480, NSW, Australia.

Nicole RiceOffice of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore, 2480, NSW, Australia.

Anja ScheffersGeoarchaeology and Archaeometry Research Group (GARG), Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore, 2480, NSW, Australia.

Southern Cross University · AUUniversity of Johannesburg · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are a myriad of laws, guidelines and unwritten agreements relating to human, hominid and hominin remains. Legal gaps and inadequate definitions of what constitutes a fossil have meant that a 'finders keepers' approach is often applied to the ownership and control of our ancestors' remains. Such shortcomings expose numerous legal and ethical conundrums. Should any one organisation, individual or government control access to recently-found remains, limiting opportunities to unlock the secrets of evolution? Given that humans can start fossilisation processes immediately after burial, at what point does it become appropriate to dig up their remains? And who should control access to them? Could any prehistoric

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ArcheologyCivil lawCommon lawCulture heritageFossilsLawLegislationPaleoanthropologyPhilosophy

Identifiers

PMID32551382

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04129

PMCPMC7287245

OpenAlexW3035572022

What OpenQuestion holds

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