“There is a growing feeling amongst many in the museum profession that old human remains should be returned to where they were originally found.” But “the bones are evidence from the past that speak to us about life from between one century to many thousands of years ago. Under scrutiny they reveal patterns of migration, the effect of environment upon body form, and the relationship between different populations. We can learn who lived where and when, about patterns in health, origin, gene flow and microevolutionary change. When the law changes, large and significant collections could be broken up and sent away.”