That's where things stood when Mitchell stumbled across a few key pages of Morton's personal 1840 copy of the Catalog of Skulls. He noticed that many entries had accompanying handwritten ...

In 1841, Morton issued a printed announcement to say that lead shot was much more accurate than seed, and that he’d be switching methods. Then in 1849, he published an updated catalog of skulls, this ...

“Legend has it,” she said, “John James Audubon really collected the skulls Morton claimed as his own.” Her voice was lowered so as not to disturb the other scholars in the hushed archiv ...

In the 1830s and 1840s, American craniologist Samuel Morton collected and measured hundreds of human skulls in what he described as an attempt to compare the brain size of five human racial groups.

Last week, the Penn Museum issued both an apology for possessing the skulls in its historic Morton Collection, and outlined a plan to repatriate them. "The Penn Museum and the University of ...

150 people came to hear Monge speak about the skulls in the Penn Museum Wednesday night. She shared the history of controversy surrounding the research of Samuel Morton’s large collection of skulls ...

Morton Cranial Collection, some 1,300 human skulls that were used in the 19th century to promote white supremacism. A plan was announced for the repatriation or reburial of more than 50 skulls ...

Janet Monge, associate director and manager of the Penn Museum's Casting Program, displays Morton’s collection of more than 1,000 skulls amassed in the 19th century, most of which are now stored at ...

The skulls had comprised the Samuel G. Morton Cranial Collection, named for the Philadelphia-based physician and natural scientist who specialized in craniometric analysis. Morton's research ...

In the 1830s and 1840s, American craniologist Samuel Morton collected and measured hundreds of human skulls in what he described as an attempt to compare the brain size of five human racial groups.