Ancient-DNA researchers write their own rules

CORRESPONDENCE 30 November 2021

We challenge the global guidelines proposed for ethical DNA research on human ancestors (S. Alpaslan-Roodenberg et al. Nature 599, 41–46; 2021). In our view, they fail to engage with long-standing critiques from marginalized voices (D. Harry Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 84, 147–196; 2009) or to advance pre-existing research principles (J. K. Wagner et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 107, 183–195; 2020). Nature 600, 37 (2021) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03542-y K.S.T. is an uncompensated board member of the Native BioData Consortium, and Indigenous-led research 501c3 non-profit. Genetics Ethics Research management
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