![]() Discover how philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s will had an impact on modern ideas about death. How do you write a will? How do you make it legally binding? Be inspired by a 3,000-year-old example preserved on papyrus from Ancient Egypt to write your own will. Lucy van Dorp will explain why we bother to analyse ancient DNA and present examples of how such analysis has had an impact on modern understanding of diseases and human activity. This talk explores what ancient DNA is and how an attempt was made to sequence the genome of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Unexpected Utility: Sequencing the Genome of Jeremy Bentham Yet neither of these stories is true! Find out more about how such myths are made and how this exhibition is debunking these and other ‘fake news’. We all know that the widow of the Egyptian archaeologist Flinders Petrie brought Petrie’s head to England in her hatbox. Includes an afterhours visit to the exhibition.įake News: The Heads of Jeremy Bentham and Flinders PetrieĮveryone knows that the philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s head was used as a football. Elizabeth Jones (UCL STS) explains why it is there and the questions to science that it poses.īe inspired by the heads and art works depicting heads on display in our exhibition, A Study of What it means to be Human?, as well as objects in the Grant Museum of Zoology to draw from death with artist Lucy Lyons. What does it mean to be human? Through talks, workshops and a late opening discover how we use science to understand the dilemma of death.įind out more about the so-called head of Flinders Petrie that is stored in a jar in the Royal College of Surgeons. 'Study for the Four Founders' by Henry Tonks Come and explore these issues in archaeology, history and philosophy of science, evolutionary science and ancient DNA research in this exhibition and accompanying events series. We also consider why the archaeologist Flinders Petrie left his head to science, and explore how the actions and work of both men have influenced our modern attitudes to death and what it means to be human.īy looking at Flinders Petrie’s and Jeremy Bentham’s heads in the context of their own scholarship, alongside current scientific advances and other human remains from UCL's collections, 'What does it mean to be human?' Examines the power of human remains to generate debate and critical reflection. ![]() Here we exhibit the head of philosopher Jeremy Bentham for the first time in decades, alongside cutting-edge scientific techniques to extract and sequence his DNA. Both were men strongly associated with UCL that consented to have their remains preserved for future generations to display, research and discuss. The severed heads of two famous scholars have spent the last few decades hidden from public view. ![]()
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