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Baer, Joseph L.

doi:10.1016/s0378-4320(36)90018-0

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“…But Baer cautioned that this method could prove insufficient because some languages had been lost, while other groups were dominated by the speakers of larger dialects. 75 After 1858, Baer began to analyse his craniological collection in a radically different way. He rearranged it using geographic rather than ethnic/linguistic criteria.…”

Section: The Evolution Of Baer's Views On Human Varietiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…80 Baer would adhere to these ideas later in his career. 81 At the opening of the first German anthropologists' conference in 1861, Baer argued that one should admit that European ethnicities had mixed as shown by the archaeological and historical record. Such mixing had improved the quality of nations (for example, in the case of the British), while segregation and insularity had caused some groups to degenerate.…”

Section: The Evolution Of Baer's Views On Human Varietiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“I was stealing some skulls from the bone chamber when a bigamist cleric stopped me.” Karl Ernst von Baer and the development of physical anthropology in Europe

Tammiksaar

Kalling

2018

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What was probably the first collection of human skulls for purposes of study was established by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in Göttingen at the end of the 18th century. In subsequent years, the number of such collections increased, but their importance for scientific research remained modest. A breakthrough took place only in the 1850s when studies on the so‐called cranial index by Karl Ernst von Baer and Anders Retzius gave skull collections a new lease on life, raising physical anthropology from a solely descriptive science to an empirically based “biological anthropology” which used quantitative methods. As a result, Baer was among the first to distinguish between linguistic and morphologic criteria when systematising human populations. This article discusses the development of Baer's ideas concerning the aims and methods of physical anthropology during his career. It pays special attention to the role of scientific collections in moulding Baer's theories.

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Section: The Evolution Of Baer's Views On Human Varietiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Evolution Of Baer's Views On Human Varietiesmentioning

confidence: 99%