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The five thylacine skins sent to Cambridge by Morton Allport

How human Aboriginal remains were traded for scientific accolades

29 Nov 2023

Victorian collector traded human Aboriginal remains for scientific accolades, study reveals

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Original manuscript of Fauna Cantabrigiensis

The remarkable notebook of a 19th-century naturalist

09 Jan 2013

A notebook recording the fauna of Cambridgeshire observed and collected by the Reverend Leonard Jenyns between 1820 and 1849 has been published in...

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