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Edinburgh University’s ‘skull room’ highlights its complicated history with racist science

Skulls were collected from all over the world because of some academics’ fascination with the discredited belief that skull shape denoted intelligence

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2025

Skulls of tribal warriors returned to ancestral home by University of Edinburgh

THE skulls of four tribal warriors have been repatriated after being kept by the University of Edinburgh for more than 100 years.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 3, 2023

Skulls taken as trophies returned from Scotland to their ancestral home

The skulls belonged to four Taiwanese tribal warriors who were killed nearly 150 years ago.

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023