Saeed A Khan, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Michigan, USA
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005878
Western thought has historically used science to promote racial difference and superiority. This pursuit may adversely affect the approach to scientific research in modern genetics.
Keywords: colonialism; craniometry; monogenism; orientalism; polygenism
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