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Victoria Gibbon

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Victoria Gibbon

Victoria Gibbon is a biological anthropologist based at the department of human biology in the faculty of health sciences at the University of Cape Town.

Families have asked the Congress of  Traditional Leaders and the Human Rights Commission to intervene after waiting years to bury their loved ones. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
DEATH

Forensic anthropologists can help the state deal with the escalating numbers of unidentified bodies

Without government support, recognition and policy, the forensic anthropologist’s contribution is limited

  • Victoria Gibbon
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