De generis humani varietate nativa
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De generis humani varietate nativa is an influential 18th-century anthropological treatise by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach that helped establish early scientific racial classification.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| De generis humani varietate nativa canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropological treatise
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book ⓘ scientific work ⓘ |
| author | Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of physical anthropology
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systematic study of human races ⓘ |
| ethicalAssessmentToday | problematic for its role in racial science ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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human biology ⓘ Biological Anthropology Section ⓘ
surface form:
physical anthropology
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| genre | scientific treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | German ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
naturalist
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physician ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
19th-century ethnology
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later racial typologies ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | De generis humani varietate nativa self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext | European Enlightenment ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
foundational text in the history of racial classification
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key work in early physical anthropology ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century anthropology
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early scientific racism ⓘ racial science ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
naturalists
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scholars ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish early scientific racial classification
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proposing a classification of human races ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| perspective | Enlightenment science ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | German intellectual context ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
biological basis of human diversity
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varieties of the human species ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| topic |
human taxonomy
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human variation ⓘ race ⓘ racial classification ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative anatomy
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craniology ⓘ |
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