Raymond Pearl and the shaping of human biology

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-102

  Little, Michael A ^a   Garruto, Ralph M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ale Hrdli ka; Eugenics; Fertility; Henry L. Mencken; Herbert Hoover; Herbert Spencer Jennings; Human biology; Karl Pearson; Maud DeWitt Pearl; Mortality; Raymond Pearl

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953015340     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0105     Document Type: Article

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