Bone Rooms
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Americas, United States
| Author: | Samuel J. Redman | ISBN: | 9780674969735 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Samuel J. Redman |
| ISBN: | 9780674969735 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
In the bone rooms of the Smithsonian Institution and other museums in the late nineteenth century, a scientific revolution was unfolding, as collectors engaged in a global competition to recover the best human skeletons, mummies, fossils. Study of these remains led to the discrediting of racial theory and the search for human origins and evolution.
In the bone rooms of the Smithsonian Institution and other museums in the late nineteenth century, a scientific revolution was unfolding, as collectors engaged in a global competition to recover the best human skeletons, mummies, fossils. Study of these remains led to the discrediting of racial theory and the search for human origins and evolution.
