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English: Scan from The Mismeasure of Man, but originally from a mid-19th century work. A scientific demonstration from 1868 that the Negro is as distinct from the Caucasian as the Chimpanzee. Josiah Nott was a polygenist who believed that the "races" of man had always been separate. Shown heads and their supposed skulls. Text: "Apollo Belvedere, Greek, Negro, Creole negro, Young Chimpansee, Young Chimpansee"
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Source Moved here from the English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Races_and_skulls.png, (deeper source) Josiah Clark Nott: Types of Mankind (1854).
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current18:17, 19 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 18:17, 19 October 20222,168 × 3,612 (5.39 MB)HohumClearer version
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04:24, 21 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 04:24, 21 January 2010342 × 560 (211 KB)SoapReverted to version as of 15:51, 14 March 2006; please explain why you want to insert a table into this image or upload as a separate file
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15:51, 14 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:51, 14 March 2006342 × 560 (211 KB)MSchnitzler2000"A "scientific" demonstration from 1868 that the Negro is as distinct from the Caucausian as the Chimpanzee. Josiah Nott was a polygenist (as opposed to the sligltly stronger monogenist school) - he believed that the "races" of man had always been separat

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