Ancient DNA Boom Underlines a Need for Ethical Frameworks – The Scientist (Amanda Heidt | January 2022)
This fascinating case and the furore it caused, may have started in the Nineties, but its ramifications are rumbling on. It can serve as a ‘good’ (though to call the case terrible would be more apt) of how lengthy legal arguments can cause deep and enduring harm for First People. This research may not reach the technical definition of human research, but it raises issues of respect, engagement, sovereignty and justice. I have used this and other controversies for a piece in the Research Ethics Monthly about the need for ethics guidance beyond the remit of Human Research Ethics. We have included links to quite a few related items.