Study: Bones found on remote island likely belonged to Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart.
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An anthropology professor says bones discovered on Nikumaroro Island in 1940 most likely belonged to Amelia Earhart, the aviator who disappeared in 1937 while flying over the South Pacific.

In his study, published in the journal Forensic Anthropology, Richard Jantz writes that when the bones were found, "there was suspicion" they could be Earhart's, but when they were examined in Fiji in 1941, it was determined they belonged to a man. "Forensic osteology was not yet a well-developed discipline," he said.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.