ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Light Skin, Carl Linnaeus, Natural Selection
24 May 2016
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Linneaus 1758 (attempted to classify humans , in sub species) Europaeus : white skin, serious, blonde hair, smart, active, strong, rule by laws, tight clothing. Asiaticus : yellow ,melancholy black hair ,dark eyes ,severe, rule by opinion, loose clothing. Afer : black skin silky crafty rule by priest. Count de buffon (anthropologist) varieties of the human species (1749) Inherit cultural bias into his descriptions on human species . Differences from linneaus when try to emphasize the unity of the species, and try to move away from idea of classification. Eugenics (movement): using darwin principles of natural selection to categorize individuals and control their reproduction for the better of a species. Goal was for the betterment of the human species by the selective breeding for favorable traits. Prominence is an inborn trait ( inherited as a dominant trait from parents to off spring) Used biology (natural selection) to reinforce social prejudices.
