Germany matches DNA from skulls stolen from African colony to living relatives

Remains pillaged in colonial era for scientific' experiments are DNA matched to Tanzanian descendants

Researchers in Berlin have identified living relatives of people whose remains were stolen from Tanzania and taken to Germany for scientific" experiments during the colonial era.

Berlin's Museum of Prehistory and Early History has been carrying out research since 2017 on about 1,100 skulls taken from what was then known as German East Africa.