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

BMJ (2007) 335(7633) 1308
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39413.463958.80
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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. © 2007, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Bhopal, R. (2007). The beautiful skull and Blumenbach’s errors: The birth of the scientific concept of race. BMJ, 335(7633), 1308. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39413.463958.80

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