The origins of eugenics lie in Darwinism. Francis Galton wanted humans to direct their own evolution through increased artificial selection. This implied earlier marriage for the able classes in the community and that the weak in body and mind should forego reproduction. Social reforms were useful b...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia eugenia (juːˈdʒiːnɪə) n (Plants) a plant of the clove genusEugenia Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publ...
The origin and evolution of mandoi:10.1080/19485565.1954.9987166OsbornFrederickEugenics Quarterly
However, eugenics still seems to pervade the thinking (and perhaps even influence the actions) of those at the top of this organization. One of the Nobel Prize winners to come out of CSHL was James Watson. Along with Francis Crick, Watson was responsible for discovering the DNA double helix ...
On the concept of eugenics: preliminaries to a critical appraisal This paper's main issue is linked to what can be foreseen as the increasing capability of medical genetics to modify the genetic composition of the human s... Neri,Demetrio - 《Cadernos De Saúde Pública》 被引量: 8发表: 19...
1.The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal. 2.In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth, as distinguished from the earlier embryo. ...
Eric Williams, ‘Chapter One: The Origin of the Negro Slavery’ and ‘Chapter 5: British Industry and the Triangular Trade’, inCapitalism and Slavery,University of North Carolina Press, 1943. Week 5 (October 1) Interpreting Racial Capitalism ...
Haeckel's 1866 tree of life and the origin of eukaryotes Nikolai Vladimirovich Timoféeff-Ressovsky was one of the key figures in the Synthetic Theory of Evolution. Living and researching under what was arguably the two most powerful and cruel totalitarian regimes in human history, the Third R...
【机译】:优生学评论 ISSN:- 出版周期:Quarterly 语言:English 起始发布年份:1909 出版者:London, Oliver and Boyd. 出版地:England NLM刊名缩写:Eugen Rev 数据库引入:OLDMEDLINE, PMC MeSH词表主题词:Eugenics* 备注:Issues for Apr. 1928-Dec. 1968 called also new ser., v.1-41. Microfilm. v. 1...
"nobility of birth," from eugenes "well-born" (see eugenics). See origin and meaning of eugene.