- humans.
Polygenists reject the
argument that
human races must
belong to a
single species because they can interbreed.
There are
several polygenist hypotheses...
- time-honored
debates were
sharpened by the rise of
polygenist skeptical claims; when
Louis Ag****iz set out his
polygenist views in 1847, they were
opposed on biblical...
-
Georges Cuvier on
interfertility and species; the book also
referred to the
polygenist views held by
Samuel George Morton. Smith's book was
reprinted in America...
-
abolitionist James Cowles Prichard (1786–1848)
opposing those of the
American polygenist Samuel George Morton (1799–1851). In the late 19th century, German-American...
- philosopher, historian, and
writer born in Warstade. He
supported the
polygenist theory of
human origins. He was a
member of the Göttingen
school of history...
- to form the
foundation of the
Smithsonian Institution.
Pickering was a
polygenist; he
believed that
different races had been
created separately. In 1843...
- been
scrutinised in the 21st century, as
detailed below.
Crawfurd held
polygenist views,
based on
multiple origins of
human groups; and
these earned him...
- Broca, all
noted polygenists. By the late 1860s, however, Darwin's
theory of
evolution had been
thought to be
compatible with the
polygenist thesis (Stepan...
- and was a
polygenist who
speculated that each race had
entirely separate origins.
According to
William Cohen, like most
other polygenists,
Voltaire believed...
- categorisation. The
Scottish lawyer Henry Home, Lord
Kames (1696–1782) was a
polygenist; he
believed God had
created different races on
Earth in
separate regions...
