Ernst Haeckel, Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay and the racial controversy over the Papuans
Abstract Background The “German Darwin” Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a key figure during the first “Darwinian revolution“, a time when the foundations of the modern evolutionary theory were laid. It was Haeckel, who crucially contributed to the visualization of the Darwinian theory by designing “ge...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2020-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-020-00358-w |