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- Title
THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ORIGINS RESEARCH AND ITS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE: RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND HISTORIOGRAPHY.
- Authors
Goodrum, Matthew R.
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of the discipline of palaeoanthropology, the study of prehistoric humans. The author comments on the progression of the discipline from a form of prehistoric archaeology and the influence of naturalist Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory. The discovery of prehistoric human remains by palaeontologists such as William Buckland and Philippe-Charles Schmerling is noted. Customs official Jacques Boucher de Perthes collected prehistoric flint implements. Archaeologists John Lubbock and Daniel Wilson helped develop the field of prehistoric archaeology. Debates over naturally formed flint objects called eoliths are noted. The discovery of fossil hominids and the interdisciplinary aspects of palaeoanthropology are also discussed.
- Subjects
ANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGISTS; PALEONTOLOGISTS; PREHISTORIC antiquities; INTERDISCIPLINARY approach to knowledge; FOSSIL hominids; EOLITHS; BOUCHER de Perthes, M. (Jacques), 1788-1868; DARWIN, Charles, 1809-1882
- Publication
History of Science, 2009, Vol 47, Issue 3, p337
- ISSN
0073-2753
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/007327530904700305