A note on a seventeenth-century distinction between feral man and man-like apes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7895309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Gregson (University of Canterbury), E D Gregson, Robert A M Gregson (University of Canterbury) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-161 |
| Publication date | 1970-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1520-6696(197004)6:2<159::aid-jhbs2300060209>3.0.co;2-m |
| PMID | 11609547 |
| OpenAlex | W2016267830 |
| Language | EN |
A critical examination of a passage from a text by Athanasius Kircher in 1667 indicates that a distinction between feral man and man-like apes had been made on lines compatible with contemporary views almost a century before Linnaeus produced a classification which led to many years of controversy.
Epistemology · Ethnology · Sociology · Anthropology · History · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |