More than a decade ago, a 110-million-year-old dinosaur fossil was taken from its resting place in the Araripe Basin in Brazil under murky circumstances. Now, the specimen will go back to Brazil, German authorities have announced.
, but neither the ministry nor SMNK have disclosed any disciplinary actions against the museum’s researchers. Frey retired earlier this year and toldtoday that the controversy involved him alone, and not SMNK Scientific Director Norbert Lenz, who was a co-author on thepaper. Lenz is leaving the museum at his own request on 30 September, according to the ministry, but toldBauer said in her statement tothat Baden-Württemberg is committed to returning cultural assets when appropriate.
SMNK will now examine whether the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of any other objects in its collection are comparably unclear, according to the ministry statement. “I am glad,” Pinheiro says, adding thatUbirajaraThe Baden-Württemberg ministry said in its statement that officials from Brazil have identified the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro as a possible future location for the fossil.
Ghilardi hopes such repatriations will open doors for fairer collaborations between foreign researchers and institutions and their local counterparts. “European museums will not, and should not be emptied,” she says. “Fair exchanges and collaborations can be made, so that everyone can share in the benefits that fossils can offer.
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