Origins
With the restoration of democracy and the creation of the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP) in 1983, Argentina embarked on a process of exhumations of the many unmarked graves found in the country, believing that many of them could well contain unidentified victims of forced disappearances — an undertaking in which it soon became apparent that scientific methods were needed. CONADEP and the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo took the initiative and travelled to the United States, where they were vouchsafed the determined support of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A genetic database was created at Durand Hospital in Buenos Aires, and a team of forensic anthopologists was created under the leadership of Dr. Clyde Snow. Those small beginnings were the basis for the creation in 1986 of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.
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