Boyd Defines Human Races by Blood Groups
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Social Science
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Genetics
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, African American History, American Indian History, Asian American History, Latino History
- Geographical Location: New England, Boston
- Date: 1950
Article abstract: Boyd produced evidence based on blood groups and genetic principles that revolutionized scientific perceptions of race and refuted racist concepts of “pure” or “superior” races.
Summary of Event
Although individual scientists and philosophers have noted the great variation in physical characteristics and culture among the members of the human race since the beginnings of recorded history, it was only after the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment that modern concepts of race began to emerge. Toward the end of the eighteenth...
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