Genetics and the Races of Man. William C. Boyd. Boston (Little, Brown, &amp; Co.), 1950. xvii + 453 pp. 6.00. (Reviewed by Ashley Montagu in the Saturday Review of Literature, 17 February 1.951; by Leslie C. Dunn in the Scientific American 183-6, December 1950; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951; by J. N. Spuhler in the American Anthropologist 53-2, April-June 1951. Vol. 9, reviewed by Joseph B. Birdsell in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, No. 2, June 1951; by A. E. Mourant in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1951). - Principles of Human Genetics. Curt Stern. San Francisco (W. H. Freeman), 1949. xi + 617 pp. $7.50. (Reviewed by Theodosius Dobzhansky in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950). - Races. A study of the problems of race formation in man. C. S. Coon, Stanley M. Garn, and Joseph B. Birdsell. American Lecture Series No. 77, Springfield, 111. (C. C. Thomas), 1950. xiv + 153 pp., 15 plates and 11 figs. $3.00. (Reviewed by J. Lawrence Angel in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950; by Marshall T. Newman in the Boletin Bibliografico de Antropologia Americana, XIII (1950), Part II, Mexico, 1951, pp. 188-192; by Leslie C. Dunn in the American Anthropologist 53-1, January-March 1951; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951). - Genetics, Paleontology, and Evolution. A symposium edited by Glenn L. Jepson, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. Princeton University Press, 1949. xvi + 479 pp. $6.00. (Reviewed by S. L. Washburn in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-2, June 1950; by W. W. Howells in the American Anthropologist 52-4, October-December 1950).

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Genetics and the Races of Man. William C. Boyd. Boston (Little, Brown, & Co.), 1950. xvii + 453 pp. 6.00. (Reviewed by Ashley Montagu in the Saturday Review of Literature, 17 February 1.951; by Leslie C. Dunn in the Scientific American 183-6, December 1950; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951; by J. N. Spuhler in the American Anthropologist 53-2, April-June 1951. Vol. 9, reviewed by Joseph B. Birdsell in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, No. 2, June 1951; by A. E. Mourant in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1951). - Principles of Human Genetics. Curt Stern. San Francisco (W. H. Freeman), 1949. xi + 617 pp. $7.50. (Reviewed by Theodosius Dobzhansky in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950). - Races. A study of the problems of race formation in man. C. S. Coon, Stanley M. Garn, and Joseph B. Birdsell. American Lecture Series No. 77, Springfield, 111. (C. C. Thomas), 1950. xiv + 153 pp., 15 plates and 11 figs. $3.00. (Reviewed by J. Lawrence Angel in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950; by Marshall T. Newman in the Boletin Bibliografico de Antropologia Americana, XIII (1950), Part II, Mexico, 1951, pp. 188-192; by Leslie C. Dunn in the American Anthropologist 53-1, January-March 1951; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951). - Genetics, Paleontology, and Evolution. A symposium edited by Glenn L. Jepson, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. Princeton University Press, 1949. xvi + 479 pp. $6.00. (Reviewed by S. L. Washburn in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-2, June 1950; by W. W. Howells in the American Anthropologist 52-4, October-December 1950).

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Genetics and the Races of Man. William C. Boyd. Boston (Little, Brown, & Co.), 1950. xvii + 453 pp. 6.00. (Reviewed by Ashley Montagu in the Saturday Review of Literature, 17 February 1.951; by Leslie C. Dunn in the Scientific American 183-6, December 1950; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951; by J. N. Spuhler in the American Anthropologist 53-2, April-June 1951. Vol. 9, reviewed by Joseph B. Birdsell in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, No. 2, June 1951; by A. E. Mourant in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1951). - Principles of Human Genetics. Curt Stern. San Francisco (W. H. Freeman), 1949. xi + 617 pp. $7.50. (Reviewed by Theodosius Dobzhansky in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950). - Races. A study of the problems of race formation in man. C. S. Coon, Stanley M. Garn, and Joseph B. Birdsell. American Lecture Series No. 77, Springfield, 111. (C. C. Thomas), 1950. xiv + 153 pp., 15 plates and 11 figs. $3.00. (Reviewed by J. Lawrence Angel in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950; by Marshall T. Newman in the Boletin Bibliografico de Antropologia Americana, XIII (1950), Part II, Mexico, 1951, pp. 188-192; by Leslie C. Dunn in the American Anthropologist 53-1, January-March 1951; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951). - Genetics, Paleontology, and Evolution. A symposium edited by Glenn L. Jepson, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. Princeton University Press, 1949. xvi + 479 pp. $6.00. (Reviewed by S. L. Washburn in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-2, June 1950; by W. W. Howells in the American Anthropologist 52-4, October-December 1950).

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Genetics and the Races of Man. William C. Boyd. Boston (Little, Brown, & Co.), 1950. xvii + 453 pp. 6.00. (Reviewed by Ashley Montagu in the Saturday Review of Literature, 17 February 1.951; by Leslie C. Dunn in the Scientific American 183-6, December 1950; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951; by J. N. Spuhler in the American Anthropologist 53-2, April-June 1951. Vol. 9, reviewed by Joseph B. Birdsell in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, No. 2, June 1951; by A. E. Mourant in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1951). - Principles of Human Genetics. Curt Stern. San Francisco (W. H. Freeman), 1949. xi + 617 pp. $7.50. (Reviewed by Theodosius Dobzhansky in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950). - Races. A study of the problems of race formation in man. C. S. Coon, Stanley M. Garn, and Joseph B. Birdsell. American Lecture Series No. 77, Springfield, 111. (C. C. Thomas), 1950. xiv + 153 pp., 15 plates and 11 figs. $3.00. (Reviewed by J. Lawrence Angel in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-4, December 1950; by Marshall T. Newman in the Boletin Bibliografico de Antropologia Americana, XIII (1950), Part II, Mexico, 1951, pp. 188-192; by Leslie C. Dunn in the American Anthropologist 53-1, January-March 1951; in Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Race and Humanity,” Science 113 (2932): 264-265, March 9, 1951). - Genetics, Paleontology, and Evolution. A symposium edited by Glenn L. Jepson, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. Princeton University Press, 1949. xvi + 479 pp. $6.00. (Reviewed by S. L. Washburn in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 8-2, June 1950; by W. W. Howells in the American Anthropologist 52-4, October-December 1950).

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