The word "race", interpreted to mean an identifiable group of people who share a common descent, was introduced into English in the 16th century from the Old French rasse (1512), from Italian razza: the Oxford English Dictionary See more

Several social and political developments that occurred at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century led to the transformation in the … See more

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• Definition of "race" in the 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary provided by the ARTFL Project, University of Chicago. See more

In many ancient civilizations, individuals with widely varying physical appearances became full members of a society by growing up within … See more

Scientists who were interested in natural history, including biological and geological scientists, were known as "naturalists". They would collect, examine, describe, and arrange data … See more

Among the 19th century naturalists who defined the field were Georges Cuvier, James Cowles Pritchard, Louis Agassiz, Charles Pickering (Races … See more

• Cephalometry
• Biological anthropology
• History of anthropometry
• Phrenology
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