Tag: Science Magazine

  • Use of Blood Groups in Human Classification Science Magazine Volume 112, Number 2903 (1950-08-18) pages 187-196 DOI: 10.1126/science.112.2903.187 William C. Boyd Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts —Will he not fancy that the shadows which he formerly saw are truer than the objects which are now shown to him! Plato, The Republic In recent…

  • African and American Science Magazine Volume 17, Number 418 (1891-02-06) page 78 DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-17.418.78 At a meeting of the Canadian Institute, Toronto, Jan. 24, Mr. D. R. Keys, M.A., read on behalf of Mr. A. F. Chamberlain, M.A., fellow in Clark University, Worcester, Mass., a valuable and interesting paper entitled “African and American: the Contact…

  • Race and Humanity Science Volume 113, Number 2932 (1951-03-09) pages 264-266 DOI: 10.1126/science.113.2932.264 Th. Dobzhansky (1900-1975) Probably no other scientific concept  has been so notorious for vagueness and ambiguity as that of race. Certainly none has been more unceremoniously exploited as a cloak for prejudice and malevolence. And this despite the fact that anthropologists and…

  • African and American: The Contact of Negro and Indian Science Magazine Volume 17, Number 419 (1891-02-13) pages 85-90 DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-17.419.85 The history of the negro on the continent of America has been studied from various points of view, but id every instance with regard alone to his contact with the white race. It must be,…

  • Anthropology at the Washington Meeting for 1911 Science Magazine Volume 35, Number 904 (1912-04-26) pages 665-676 DOI: 10.1126/science.35.904.665 George Grant MacCurdy (1863-1947), Assistant Professor of Archæology Yale University The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association was held in the United States National Museum, Washington, D. C., December 27-30, 1911, in affiliation with Section H of…

  • Racial Differences and Witch Hunting Science Magazine Volume 135, Number 3507 (1962-03-16) pages 982-984 DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3507.982-a Henry E. Garrett In a recent issue of Science (1), Santiago Genovés of the University of Mexico discourses at some length concerning a paper of mine published in the Mankind Quarterly last year (2). Genovés objects to my criticism…

  • The American Negro Science Magazine Volume 69, Number 1787 (1929-03-29) pages 337-341 DOI: 10.1126/science.69.1787.337 Robert J. Terry (1871-1966), Professor of Anatomy [See: The Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection] Washington University Medical School, St. Louis Under the comprehensive title chosen, it is my intention to discuss a single problem fundamental to studies of the colored…

  • Race Mixture and Physical Disharmonies Science Magazine Volume 71, Number 1850 (1930-06-13) pages 603-606 DOI: 10.1126/science.71.1850.603 W. E. Castle (1867-1962) Bussey Institution, Harvard Professor H. S. Jennings in his recent book on “The Biological Basis of Human Nature” devotes a chapter to the subject of race mixture and its consequences. Considering first the purely physical…

  • Results of Inbreeding on Norfolk Island Science  Magazine Volume 65, Number 1693 (1927-06-10) page x DOI: 10.1126/science.65.1693.0x-s Providing the original stock is sound, inbreeding among human beings results in no deterioration, physical or mental. Nor does mixture of widely differing races produce an inferior type.  Such are the conclusions of Dr. Harry L. Shapiro, ethnologist…

  • Race Problems in America Science Magazine Volume 29, Number 752 (1909-05-28) pages 839-849 DOI: 10.1126/science.29.752.839 Franz Boas The development of the American nation through amalgamation of diverse European nationalities and the ever-increasing heterogeneity of the component elements of four people have called attention to the anthropological and biological problems involved in this process. I propose…