Head shapes of apes and humans, 1854. Creator: Unknown. # 3056637

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Head shapes of apes and humans, 1854. 'Orang-Outan; Hottentot Wagoner - Caffre War. Chimpanzee. Hottentot from Somerset. Mobile N*gro, 1853. Mobile N*gro, 1853. N*gro, 3200 years old. Nubian, 3200 years old'. A chart comparing the various head shapes of apes and Africans, insinuating that Black people were closer to apes than the more 'developed' Europeans. Such supposedly objective evidence was based on prejudice and a desire to prove an existing belief, rather than on scientific research.

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