File:Races and skulls.png
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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). |
| Author | Unknown author |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |
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| current | 18:17, 19 October 2022 | | 2,168 × 3,612 (5.39 MB) | wikimediacommons>Hohum | Clearer version |
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