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Tracing the genetic history of African Americans using ancient DNA, and ethical questions at a famously weird medical museum

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The History of the Mutter Museum

The Mutter Museum is part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. It started in the 19th century with a donation from Thomas Dent major, a Philadelphia surgeon who operated on hundreds of patients with only a cell anatomy. The museum's mission is to display this variation of the human body with an educational purpose.

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