Gould on Morton, Redux: What can the debate reveal about the limits of data?

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-31

  Kaplan, Jonathan Michael ^a   Pigliucci, Massimo ^b   Banta, Joshua Alexander ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial capacity; Nested analysis of variance; Race; Research bias; Scientific controversy; Skull sizes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; SKULL;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; SKULL;

EID: 84938417482     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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