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The Mind of Primitive Man is a 1911 book by anthropologist Franz Boas which takes a critical look at the concept of primitive culture. [1] The work challenged widely held racist and eugenic claims about race and intelligence, particularly white supremacy.
The Mind of Primitive Man, a 1911 anthropology work by Franz Boas; A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization, a 1912 UK film directed and written by Cherry Kearton; Primitive Man, a peer-reviewed journal of anthropology; Primitive (disambiguation) Prehistoric man (disambiguation) Human evolution; Homo; Primitivism
Primitive Man and His Food, 1952. DeVries was born in Kesley, Iowa, and graduated from Aplington High School in 1939. [1] He attended the University of Iowa. During World War II, he worked at an aircraft plant, and at the end of the war he worked as a bus driver in Los Angeles. [1] His 1946 book, Fountain of Youth, advocated a fruitarian raw ...
Born in Paris, Lévy-Bruhl wrote about the mind in his work How Natives Think (1910), where he posited, as the two basic mindsets of mankind, the "primitive" and the "modern". The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality but uses "mystical participation" to manipulate the world.
"The mind of primitive man (review)". Psychology and social progress: Mankind and destiny from the standpoint of a scientist. New York, NY: C.W. Daniel.
Colour vision: reviews of Holden and Bosse's 'The order of development of colour perception and of colour preference in the child' (Man, I., pp. 107–9) On the function of the maternal uncle in Torres Straits (Man, Vol. 1, 1901, pp. 171–172) On the functions of the son-in-law and brother-in-law in Torres Straits (Man, Vol. 1, 1901, p. 172)
Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin (18 October 1850 – 19 September 1911), better known as Anténor Firmin, was a Haitian barrister and philosopher, pioneering anthropologist, journalist, and politician.
The great apes (Hominidae) show some cognitive and empathic abilities. Chimpanzees can make tools and use them to acquire foods and for social displays; they have mildly complex hunting strategies requiring cooperation, influence and rank; they are status conscious, manipulative and capable of deception; they can learn to use symbols and understand aspects of human language including some ...