The Coevolution of Human Origins, Human Variation, and Their Meaning in the Nineteenth Century
Ideas about biology, race, and theology were bound up together in nineteenth-century scholarship, although they are rarely, if ever, considered together today. Nevertheless, the new genealogical way of thinking about the history of life arose alongside a new way of thinking about the Bible, and a ne...
Subtitles: | TERENCE KEEL'S DIVINE VARIATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
[2019]
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In: |
Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 246-251 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theory of evolution
/ Coevolution
/ Human being
/ Diversity
/ Natural sciences
/ History 1800-1900
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Further subjects: | B
Alfred Russel Wallace
B Ernst Haeckel B Biblical Studies B scientific racism B Evolution |
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Summary: | Ideas about biology, race, and theology were bound up together in nineteenth-century scholarship, although they are rarely, if ever, considered together today. Nevertheless, the new genealogical way of thinking about the history of life arose alongside a new way of thinking about the Bible, and a new way of thinking about people. They connected with one another in subtle ways, and modern scholarly boundaries do not map well on to nineteenth-century scholarship. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12482 |