Tag: Human Zoos
On Indigenous Peoples Day, Remember This Chapter from the History of Evolutionary Science
John West was in St. Louis recently and had the opportunity to explore the site of the 1904 World’s Fair, which featured a “human zoo.”
Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?
When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian.
On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”
Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo.
When the American Museum of Natural History Promoted Eugenics
Hear about a time when a cherished American institution warmly endorsed Darwinian-inspired efforts to breed a master race.
Empowerment or Exploitation? P.T. Barnum and the “Man Monkey”
Maybe you’ve watched The Greatest Showman — but have you heard of Barnum’s “What Is It?” exhibit?