Tag: Aleš Hrdlička

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, documentary, evolution, human origins, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, John West, Maryland, Michael Medved, podcast, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Post}

Darwin and the Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 31, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The motivation for the brain collection was to document how some people were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than others. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, Human Zoos, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post, Washington University, whites, YouTube videos}

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian

_{John G. West
August 18, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

_{John G. West
August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aleš Hrdlička, Darwinism, documentary, eugenics, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Religion, Human Zoos, John West, Monkey House, National Museum of Natural History, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, Protestants, Rachel Adams, Racism, Richard Weikart, Roman Catholic, Smithsonian Institution, Tablet, United States}

On a Grim Anniversary, Shocking Documentary Human Zoos Now Available on Amazon

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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This was supposed to be of scientific interest, educating visitors in the evolutionary doctrine that placed Africans in close relationship to apes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aleš Hrdlička, anti-Semitism, China, Darwinian theory, documentary, eugenics, history, Holocaust, Human Zoos, Jews, John West, Johns Hopkins University, premiere, pseudoscience, Racism, Seattle, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis World's Fair, United States, Woodland Park Zoo, World War II}

Meet Aleš Hrdlička, FDR’s Favorite Eugenicist

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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Darwin-inspired eugenics and racial pseudoscience are like some sort of insidious, and hideous, household pest. Read More ›