Corbey, Raymond (Author)
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Volume: 34
Pages: 103--116
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on the history, philosophy, and social studies of paleoanthropology.
Language: English
A detailed, interdisciplinary reading of Phillip Tobias's publications on Homo habilis shows how a philosophical notion of humanness has structured his interpretation of the fossils attributed to this species. The role of this notion in his research and its backgrounds in philosophy, disciplinary history, and a widespread mid-20th-century climate of opinion are analyzed and discussed.
...MoreArticle Delisle, Richard G. (2012) Human Evolution: An Agenda for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 3).
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