Alfred Russel Wallace, antropólogo: contribuciones a la antropología física

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https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2020.797n3002

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Alfred Russel Wallace, evolución, antropología física, naturalismo, instituciones científicas

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La figura de Alfred Russel Wallace dentro de la antropología ha sido escasamente reconocida dentro de la historia de la disciplina. Un punto importante es ubicar al autor dentro de las discusiones antropológicas de la época victoriana, desde su interés temprano como naturalista por historizar a los seres humanos, hasta su labor institucional como el primer presidente de un departamento de antropología en Inglaterra. En ese contexto, el objetivo del trabajo es presentar la visión de Wallace respecto a la antropología física, a partir de su obra antropológica, que incluye referencias al origen de las razas humanas en términos naturalistas, al desarrollo de características físicas distintivas de los seres humanos o a la relación evolutiva entre primates. Con esto, se amplía la perspectiva sobre el desarrollo de la antropología física en el siglo XIX, al abrir el abanico a autores que contribuyeron de manera importante a su desarrollo.

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2020-09-30

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Rodríguez Caso, J. M. (2020). Alfred Russel Wallace, antropólogo: contribuciones a la antropología física. Arbor, 196(797), a565. https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2020.797n3002

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