Heritage considerations and challenges from ancient DNA analysis: A preliminary approach expanding from the Greek legal and ethical network

• Eugenia Tabakaki ^[1] ; Dimitris Kafetzopoulos ^[1]
  1. [1] Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas
• Localización: Intangibility Matters: IPERION CH International Conference on the values of tangible heritage: IMaTTe 2017 / coord. por Marluci Menezes, Dória Rodrigues Costa, Jose Delgado Rodrigues, 2017, ISBN 9789724922959, págs. 229-240
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Biological findings of Paleontology and Archaeology are important carriers of information from the past and can provide with a unique point of view for the study and understanding of our origin, evolution, history, environment and heritage. This information, that addresses some of our most fundamental and primordial concerns, is the basis on which we can build our self-consciousness, understand our exitence and gaze towards our future. In that sense, a number of issues, such as ownership, intellectual property and access right, ethics, legal and regulatory framework are interweaving most o the protection policies, management practices, handling guidelines, dissemination and sharing means and procedures, related to these heritage objects. In this work we highlight some distinct cultural aspects of the biological findings and in particular the information deriving from their molecular –mainly ancient DNA- analysis and we discuss the legal and ethical frameworks that rule their protection, study and management.