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Anthropology · Chapter 8

How the Myth Came Down

In 1890, the ranking of human races was not a fringe belief — it was mainstream science, taught in medical schools and written into law. It rested on five load-bearing claims. Examine each one, then step through how anthropology took them out from under it.

The edifice of race science, c. 1890

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standing cracked toppled what replaced it
Five pillarstap one, or step through the dismantling