Article ID: CBB001552074

Race Relationships: Collegiality and Demarcation in Physical Anthropology (2015)

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In 1962, anthropologist Carleton Coon argued in The Origin of Races that some human races had evolved further than others. Among his most vocal critics were geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky and anthropologist Ashley Montagu, each of whom had known Coon for decades. I use this episode, and the long relationships between scientists that preceded it, to argue that scientific research on race was intertwined not only with political projects to conserve or reform race relations, but also with the relationships scientists shared as colleagues. Demarcation between science and pseudoscience, between legitimate research and scientific racism, involved emotional as well as intellectual labor.

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Authors & Contributors
Anderson, Warwick H.
Banta, Joshua Alexander
Jenkins, Bill
Watkins, Rachel J.
Tilley, Helen
Teslow, Tracy Lang
Concepts
Science and race
Physical anthropology
Race
Human genetics
Eugenics
Variation (biology)
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Great Britain
Edinburgh
Islands of the Pacific
France
Australia
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Edinburgh
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