The Body as a Substrate of Differentiation. Shifting the Focus from Race Science to Life Scientists' Research on Human Variation

Abstract This article suggests to focus on the history of human variation instead of focussing on the history of race science. It views the latter as a subset of the former, hence views race science as embedded into the larger field of life scientists' investigations into human variation. This...

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Main Author: Veronika Lipphardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Series:Varia História
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-87752017000100109&lng=en&tlng=en