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Tiedemann asserted that based upon his documentation of craniometric and brain measurements of Europeans and black people from different parts of the world, that the then-common European belief that Negroes have smaller brains, and are thus intellectually inferior, was scientifically unfounded, and based merely on the prejudice of travellers ...
Speciesism (/ ˈ s p iː ʃ iː ˌ z ɪ z ə m,-s iː ˌ z ɪ z-/) is a term used in philosophy regarding the treatment of individuals of different species. The term has several different definitions. [1] Some specifically define speciesism as discrimination or unjustified treatment based on an individual's species membership, [2] [3] [4] while ...
When comparing Caucasians to those with dark skin, Voltaire claimed they were different species: The negro race is a species of men different from ours as the breed of spaniels is from that of greyhounds. The mucous membrane, or network, which nature has spread between the muscles and the skin, is white in us and black or copper-colored in them ...
The word evolution (from the Latin evolutio, meaning "to unroll like a scroll") was initially used to refer to embryological development; its first use in relation to development of species came in 1762, when Charles Bonnet used it for his concept of "pre-formation," in which females carried a miniature form of all future generations. The term ...
Two goats and a cat sitting in the shade. An interspecies friendship is a nonsexual bond that is formed between animals of different species. [1] Numerous cases of interspecies friendships among wild and domesticated animals have been reported and documented with photography and video. [1]
The Smokies has its own list of endangered and threatened residents that the park and its partners are helping to protect, including a few mammals.
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People who use power cues and act powerfully and proactively tend to be perceived as powerful by others. Some people become influential even though they do not overtly use powerful behavior. Power as a relational concept: Power exists in relationships. The issue here is often how much relative power a person has in comparison to one's partner.