ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Craniometry, Scientific Racism, Paul Broca
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Scientific racism: discrete types of people: because scientists come from different scientific places, it affects their scientific theories and models. The initial thought was that westerners were superior because their big heads. In some cases, people had to fake their data. Robert bennet bean: amateur craniometrist: anterior brain (genu): responsible for the higher levels, posterior brain (splenium): sensory motors. Did an experiment by getting brain samples from different people: : his data had perfect correspondence to his hypothesis and he published his work. Copied everything he did except one notification: he did it blind. When he measured the brains, he didn"t know who it came from: white or black, male or female: found: no difference in the results of bean. Paul broca: head and brain size corresponds to the body size. The difference doesn"t have anything to do with the intelligence of someone. Big hole in the skull: indicate something about posture. d. i.
