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11/28/2022FinalExam chapters 15,714and16
Notchapters 6or15
CHAPTER 13
Finalis 213chapters11 14and16
CONTEMPLATING MODERN
HUMAN DIVERSITY
RACE, PLACE, AND FACE Highvariationin morphologysuperfinetraitseyehair
1. Obvious differences among us skincolour
and
2. Obvious differences tend to
cluster with geography
3. Human tendency/desire to
classify/order variation in the
natural world
= Folk taxonomies/categorizations
that emphasize visible biological
(and cultural) differences that
correspond to geographic regions
HUMAN TYPOLOGY
Scientists have a long history of subdividing the
superficial phenotypic human biological diversity into a
variety of discrete “races” or even subspecies
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AN IGNOBLE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY: RANKING RACES AND
EUGENICS
An
throhas ahistoryof rankingracesagainst
Typology: an “ideal”
representing the most
otherusingtypology
each
perfect or normal form
of something PeopleusedDarwin'sTens to applyracial
Eugenics: selective
categoriesandracialmirearchy Eugenics
breeding for purpose of
biological
“improvement”
Inherently tied to a
progressive view of
WWI wasbasedaroundEugenicsbreeding
nature – a
misapplication of
Darwin’s TENS somepeople tocreate abettersociety Forced
sterilization alsoappliedthe
samepolicies
Alsoinfluencedlawssurroundingeconomicsituations
only therichtoprogresssociety
helping
Peoplealwaysappliedthatevolution is always
Prominent eugenicists include: betterspecies eventhough
progressive creating
Charles Davenport: American geneticist (a very new
field back then – 1920s)
Julian Huxley: evolutionist; grandson of Thomas Huxley
(“Darwin’s Bulldog”) and brother of Aldous Huxley
italwaysdepends ontheadaptationstobetter
(author of Brave New World).
suittheenvironment atthetime
Social progressivism was conflated with biological
“fitness” Thoughtwarsbrokeoutbecauseof overpopulation
Population control (after horrors of WWII)
Birth control and abortion
sotheypushedbirthcontrolandabortions
tosterilization
controlpopulationsaroundtheworldAlsolinked
13‐5
to of unfitpeople
MONOGENESIS VS POLYGENESIS
Monogenesis
Original creation of one human form
Variants today represent degeneration of different groups
Polygenesis
Different races created by God as separate species
Both served to help rationalize colonial attitudes and
actions
Easily observed traits: body size, shape; skin colour; facial,
hair features – were assumed to be correlated with
differences regarding temperament, moral character,
intelligence ‐ fabricated constructions.
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