Vanessa Campanacho and Francisca Alves Cardoso, editors. Coming of Age: Ethics and Biological Anthropology in the 21st century. Archeopress, 2024

Abstract

The book Coming of Age: Ethics and Biological Anthropology in the 21st Century invites us to think of biological anthropology as a discipline that is coming of age hand in hand with ethics. The text aims to bring together several countries and continents, as well as young and experienced researchers with an inclusive perspective. Within the content, we can find works from Finland, the United States of America, Spain, Brazil, Italy and Portugal. The major themes addressed in the text revolve around the handling, curation and exhibition of human bone remains; the ethical problems that arise with the digitalization of these; the use of aDNA in contexts of violence; and questions of professional ethics. From the lines drawn by each of the chapters through their reflection and recommendations, we can outline a humanistic ethics that the editors call us to strengthen for biological anthropology.