Races and skulls

Scan from The Mismeasure of Man, but originally from a mid-19th century work. A scientific demonstration from 1868 that the Negro is as distinct from the Caucasian as the Chimpanzee. Josiah Nott was a polygenist who believed that the "races" of man had always been separate. Shown heads and their supposed skulls. Text: "Apollo Belvedere, Greek, Negro, Creole negro, Young Chimpansee, Young Chimpansee"