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  • Intro: The Fable of Cuvier's Hat (1-6)
  • Early Sciences of Physiognomy, Phrenology, Craniology (7-18)
  • Samuel George Morton (19-22)
  • Crania Americana (23-40)
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  • Discussion: Morton's Errors & their Sources
  • The Fate of Craniology
  • Persistent Biological Determinism

    22. Crania Americana

    23. Swiss
    37. Peruvian, Temple of the Sun
    38. Peruvian, Temple of the Sun
    39. Peruvian, Temple of the Sun
    40. Huron

      The Fate of Craniology

    41. Paul Broca
    42. Swiss skull
    43. elephant skull
    44. capuchin monkey and Napoleon
    45. anteater & bird
    46. A. afarensis skull & x-rayed prognathism
    47. child skull
    48. 1869 "Venus"
    49. goniometer
    50. Cowalitsk skull
    51. Lee & Pearson, 1901
    52. Karl Pearson

      Persistent Biological Determinism

    53. Francis Galton
    54. Alfred Binet
    55. modern IQ test
    56. XYY karyotype & subject
    57. Hamer in 1995 and purported "gay gene"
    58. brain

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