How “caucasoids” got such big crania and why they shrank: from Morton to Rushton.

In the 19th century measurements of cranial capacity by Morton and others supported a “Caucasoid > Mongoloid > Negroid” hierarchy of intelligence. This continued through most of the 20th century but was challenged by a nonhierarchical view originating with Boas. Beginning in the 1980s Rushton corr...

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Published in:	Current Anthropology Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 69 - 86
Main Author:	Lieberman, Leonard
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press February 2001
Subjects:	Rushton, J. Philippe, 1943-2012 Racial differences History of anthropology Brain > Size Intellect & genetics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost