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The notion of a superior ‘Germanic’ or ‘Nordic’ race was a central theme in the ideology of the Nazis. But it was also a commonly accepted idea in the early twentieth century, and an actual scientific concept originating from anthropological research on the physical characteristics of Europeans. The Scandinavian Peninsula was considered to be the historical cradle and the core area of this ‘master race’. This book investigates the role played by Scandinavian scholars in inventing this so-called superior race, and discusses how this concept put its stamp on Norwegian physical anthropology, prehistory, national identity, and on the Norwegian eugenics movement. It also explores the decline and scientific disputation of these ideas in the 1930s as they came to be associated with the ‘genetic cleansing’ of Nazi Germany. This is the first comprehensive study on Norwegian physical anthropology, and its findings shed new light on current political and scientific debates about race across the globe.

Physical anthropology --- Anthropometry --- Craniometry --- History. --- Skull --- Skeletal remains --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Measurement --- Cephalometry --- Craniology --- Body size --- Anthropology --- Human biology --- Nazi ideology --- anthropology --- scientific discourse --- eugenics

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Physical anthropology --- Anthropology --- Anthropology, Physical. --- Anthropology. --- Physical anthropology. --- Physical Anthropology --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- physical anthropology --- human biology --- evolution and human variation --- Human biology --- Human beings --- Anthropology, Physical --- Periodicals. --- Antropologia física. --- Antropobiologia --- Antropologia biològica --- Somatologia --- Antropologia --- Antropologia dental --- Antropologia forense --- Antropometria --- Color de la pell --- Craniologia --- Evolució humana --- Genètica humana --- Paleoantropologia --- Raça --- Primats --- Biologia humana --- Primitive societies

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Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Physical anthropology --- Anthropological linguistics --- Anthropologie --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Anthropologie physique --- Ethnolinguistique --- Periodicals. --- Research --- Périodiques --- Recherche --- American Anthropological Association --- 73.00 ethnology: general --- Anthropological linguistics. --- Anthropology. --- Ethnology. --- Physical anthropology. --- Research. --- JEX10 --- American Anthropological Association. --- Social Sciences --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropological research --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Asociación Antropológica Americana --- American Anthropologist Association --- AAA --- American anth association --- Human beings --- Human biology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Society for psychological anthropology --- Ethnologie --- Primitive societies --- Asociaci�on Antropol�ogica Americana --- Social sciences

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In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is constant and what is locally and historically specific in our ways of interacting with the remains of the dead, their objects, and monuments. Postmortem interaction encompasses not only funerary rituals and intergenerational engagement with forebears, but also concerns encounters with the dead who died centuries and millennia ago. Drawing from a variety of disciplines such as archaeology, bioarchaeology, literary studies, ancient Egyptian philology, and sociocultural anthropology, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of the ways in which the dead are able to transcend temporal distances and engender social relationships. Until quite recently, literary sciences and archaeology were generally regarded as incommensurable in their aims, methodologies, and source material. Although archaeologists and literary critics have been increasingly willing to borrow concepts and terminology from the other discipline, this book is one examples of a genuinely collaborative endeavor. This is an open access book.

Archaeology --- Anthropology --- Literature: history & criticism --- mortuary archaeology --- dead-body politics --- memory studies --- agency of the dead --- archaeological theory --- literary studies --- medieval relics --- mass graves --- burial monuments --- prehistoric graves --- History of Egyptian Sepulchral Monuments --- Iron Age in Northern Central Europe --- Historic Sources about the Uses of the Dead --- Literary Tombs in the Twelfth Century --- Archaeological Traces in Beowulf --- National Identity through Merovingian Burials --- Skeletal Remains of Saint Erik --- Dissolving Subjects in Medieval Reliquaries --- Shakespearean Exhumations --- Archaeology. --- Physical anthropology. --- Literature --- Physical-Biological Anthropology. --- Literary History. --- History and criticism. --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Human biology --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Appraisal --- Evaluation

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This open access book summarizes the multi-disciplinary results of one of China’s main primatological research projects on the endemic Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), which had continued for over 30 years, but which had never been reported on systematically. Dedicated to this exceptional Old World monkey, this book makes the work of Chinese primatologists on the social behavior, cooperation, culture, cognition, group dynamics, and emerging technologies in primate research accessible to the international scientific community. One of the most impressive Asian monkeys, and the largest member of its genus, the Tibetan macaque deserves to be better known. This volume goes a long way towards bringing this species into the spotlight with many excellent behavioral analyses from the field.- Frans de Waal, Professor of Psychology, Emory University, USA. Macaques matter. To understand primate patterns and trends, and to gain important insight into humanity, we need to augment and expand our engagement with the most successful and widespread primate genus aside from Homo. This volume focuses on the Tibetan macaque, a fascinating species with much to tell us about social behavior, physiology, complexity and the macaque knack for interfacing with humans. This book is doubly important for primatology in that beyond containing core information on this macaque species, it also reflects an effective integrated collaboration between Chinese scholars and a range of international colleagues—exactly the type of collaborative engagement primatology needs. This volume is a critical contribution to a global primatology. - Agustín Fuentes, Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, USA. I have many fond memories of my association with Mt. Huangshan research beginning in 1983, when together with Professor Qishan Wang we established this site. It is such a beautiful place and I miss it. It is gratifying to see how far research has progressed since we began work there, becoming more internationalized and very much a collaborative endeavor under the long-term direction of Professor Jin-Hua Li and colleagues. This book highlights the increased interest in this species, representing a variety of disciplines ranging from macro aspects of behavior, cognition and sociality, to micro aspects of microbes, parasites and disease, authored by a group of renowned Chinese and international primatologists. I applaud their efforts and expect more interesting work to come from this site in the years ahead.- Kazuo Wada, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan.

Behavioral sciences. --- Physical anthropology. --- Cognitive psychology. --- Animal welfare. --- Animal ecology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Biological and Physical Anthropology. --- Cognitive Psychology. --- Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics. --- Animal Ecology. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Animals --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Psychology, Cognitive --- Cognitive science --- Psychology --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Anthropology --- Human biology --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- Macaca. --- Behavior, Animal. --- Animal Welfare. --- Animal Cruelty --- Cruelty, Animal --- Vivisection --- Animal Use Alternatives --- Euthanasia, Animal --- Animal Behavior --- Animal Behaviors --- Behaviors, Animal --- Ethology --- Ape, Barbary --- Ape, Black --- Ape, Celebes --- Barbary Ape --- Black Ape --- Celebes Ape --- Macaque --- Apes, Barbary --- Apes, Black --- Apes, Celebes --- Barbary Apes --- Black Apes --- Celebes Apes --- Macacas --- Macaques --- Autotomy Animal --- Life sciences --- Behavioral sciences --- Physical anthropology --- Cognitive psychology --- Animal welfare --- Animal ecology --- Wildlife