- An analysis of the collection by state officials in May reportedly found it includes the remains of at least 95 people excavated from gravesites – many of them likely Native Americans from California.
- White, a world-renowned expert on human evolution, said the collection was passed down through generations of anthropology professors before he started teaching with it in the late 1970s.
- He also said the collection – bones sorted by body part and stored in wooden bins – came with no records.
