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Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Populations

By Richard Lynn

Book information

Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Year
1996
ISBN
0275949176, 9780275949174
Open Library ID
OL22474269M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12188778 bytes)
Series
Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence
Pages
237\249
Topic
Biology Genetics
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

In the mid-19th century, a number of biological and social scientists came to believe that the genetic quality of the populations of the Western nations was deteriorating due to the relaxation of natural selection, the process by which nature eliminates the unfit in each generation by reducing their fertility and by early death. This view, and the idea that steps needed to be taken to correct the situation, came to be widely accepted by the first half of the 20th century. In the second half of the century, however, a reaction against eugenics set in, and from the 1970s onwards eugenics was almost universally dismissed. In this book, Richard Lynn reviews the history of the eugenics movement and seeks to rehabilitate the argument that genetic deterioration is occurring.

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