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On the biodeterministic imagination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2020

Michael L. Blakey
Michael L. Blakey*
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Institute for Historical Biology, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Email: mlblak@wm.edu
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Abstract

Biological determinism continues to rest on belief rather than evidence. The racial genetics of David Reich and his immediate predecessors exemplify science applied as racist ideology which obscures evidence for social criticism and moral accountability for inequity.

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GeneticsnaturalismracismReichbioculturalepistemology
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Discussion Article
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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , June 2020 , pp. 1 - 16
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