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David N. Livingstone, “Adam’s Ancestors: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2011)

New Books in Biblical Studies

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The Politics of Chronology in the Late 18th Century

In the late 18th century, the notion of a plural human species with different points of origin begins to attract a few defenders. This is still being refuted in Catholic and psychopedias, right into the 20th century. So we're moving. What I find, again, interesting about your count is the way in which you examine these kind of mutually influencing contexts between disciplines.

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