A German cultural institution has started investigating the provenance of about 1,000 human skulls from the country's former African colonies that ended up in the collection of a Berlin hospital, officials said Thursday. German researchers are now joining forces with an international network of scientists to review documents and find out more about the origins of the skulls, the foundation said. After von Luschan's death in 1924, the skulls were given to the Kaiser Wilhelm Anthropological Institute in Berlin. After World War II, they ended up being given to the Charite Hospital, for use in its medical history museum. The hospital in 2010 decided it was not able to probably care for the collection, and turned it over to the foundation.

Source: ABC News October 05, 2017 12:17 UTC