Boas, Darwin, science, and anthropology

Current Anthropology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 381-406

  Lewis, Herbert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; SCIENCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SCIENCE;

EID: 0012706459     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320474     Document Type: Article

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