Origins of Physical Anthropology Flashcards
● Age of Exploration and Discovery
19TH CENTURY ANTHROPOLOGY
● Age of Exploration and Discovery is the result of the convergence of
geology, biology, and
interest in the “other”
rode the HMS Beagle to arrive at the Galapagos Island; he also proposed his Theory of Evolution.
Charles Darwin
also corresponded with world-renowned microbiologist Rudolf Virchow
Dr. Jose Rizal
Father of Cellular Pathology,
Rudolf Virchow
Location of excavation
Lamayan Road, Sta Ana. Manila
Excavation site shows
The remains of a human, certain artifacts, and a dog
Made by possible because of the technological advancement
Age of Exploration and Discovery
Rizal and Virchow’s correspondence resulted to the book
The Peopling of the Philippines (1821 - 1902)
The Peopling of the Philippines (1821 - 1902)
The characteristic of various people in the Philippines
Rizal was also an?
Ethnologist
20TH CENTURY
Marked the “race to racism”
became the basis of many forms of violence and
oppression.
Race
asserted their superiority over Jews
The Nazis
occurred in
Africa
Apartheid (racial segregation)
Stripped of honorary title because of racism through science to justify prejudice
James Watson
He opposed racism as early as 1925
Franz Boas
Franz Boas wrote _____ in ___to opposed the views of racism
“The Nordic Nonsense” in 1925
There are still racial tension in the?
USA
__________ has been legalized in the 1960
Interracial marriages
Modern acts of racism include the recent Murder of African-American ________?
George Floyd
The Nordic Nonsense is about?
Detaching the idea of superiority among races
Context of James Watson’s issue
Racist comments about the intellectual or same level of intelligence between races
Apartheid in Africa Includes:
Domination of white africans over non whites
Native black rights were sidelined
Exploitation of the blacks through threats