The beautiful skull and Blumenbach’s errors: the birth of the scientific concept of race

2007/12/20 by Raj Bhopal · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Race, Genetics, and Society

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.463958.80

openalex publication_date 2007/12/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/02

Abstract

Raj Bhopal re-examines the role of perhaps the most important contributor to the scientific concept of race, Blumenbach, whose insights and errors provide important lessons for us today

Citations

• Genetic Structure of Human Populations

Cited by

• Caucasian race [wikipedia]
• Filipinos [wikipedia]