Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, and authors associated with the monogenist tradition played a decisive role in integrating genealogical reasoning into natural history and thereby facilitating the development of the concept of 'race'.
September 01, 2012
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Identifies agents and intellectual tradition credited with enabling the genealogical approach within natural history.
Several early natural historians who defined human 'races', including Buffon, De Pauw, Camper, Blumenbach, and Immanuel Kant, were monogenists who posited the unity of the human species and a common origin for different human types.
September 01, 2012
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Lists prominent figures in the early scientific study of human races and their shared monogenist stance.