Book ID: CBB615477145

Innovation und Tradition. Herbert Bachs Beitrag zur Anthropologie und Humangenetik (2018)

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This book examines the contribution of the German biologist Herbert Bach (1926 – 1996) to physical anthropology and human genetics in Eastern Germany. It highlights his scientific achievements and publications, his work as director (1960 – 1993) and lecturer at the Institute of Anthropology in Jena (Germany). In order to trace his contributions, this work outlines the previous historical development of the Institute of Anthropology under Hans Friedrich Karl Günther (1930 – 1935) and Bernhard Struck (1936 – 1960). Bach fostered the cooperation between anthropology and genetics by examining anthropological data within a genetic framework. His major accomplishments included the prehistoric anthropology of former populations in central Germany and the implementation of genetic counseling services in Eastern Germany. As director of the Institute of Anthropology, he advanced anthropometrie and prehistoric anthropology and expanded teaching in content and scope. He elaborated new anthropological curricula of biologists, teachers and physicians. In addition Bach re-built the anthropological institute, shifting its focus from ethnology to genetics and expanding the scope of research and teaching. He also integrated the institute into a network of genetic counseling services.

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Description This work is a thesis published as a single article within the Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology.


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Review Pascal Germann (2019) Review of "Innovation und Tradition. Herbert Bachs Beitrag zur Anthropologie und Humangenetik". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 3). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Radin, Joanna M.
Cottebrune, Anne
Burton, Elise K.
Iorio, Silvia
Weidman, Nadine M.
Stone, Linda
Concepts
Human genetics
Physical anthropology
Science and race
Blood
Anthropometry
Public health
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
Germany
Beirut
New Guinea
United States
France
Soviet Union
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
Gesellschaft für Konstitutionsforschung
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