Description |
462 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-437) and index. |
Contents |
Multiregional evolution and Eve: science and politics -- A first lesson in the politics of paleoanthropology -- Polygenism, racism, and the rise of anthropology -- Slavery and its reverberations -- Polygenism after Darwin -- The last stand -- The straw man -- Functional morphology, orthogensis, and the Dubois Syndrome -- Center and edge -- Multiregional evolution -- Modern humans, modern races? |
Subject |
Human evolution -- Philosophy.
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Fossil hominids.
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Racism -- History.
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Racism in anthropology -- History.
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Added Author |
Caspari, Rachel, 1957-
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ISBN |
0684810131 |
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