Adam's ancestors; race, religion, and the politics of human origins.

9780801888137

Adam's ancestors; race, religion, and the politics of human origins.

Livingstone, David N.

Johns Hopkins U. Press

2008

301 pages

$35.00

Hardcover

Medicine, science, and religion in historical context

BL256

Beginning in the Middle Ages, says Livingstone (geography and intellectual history, Queens U. Belfast), a story arisen now and then that there were people around before Adam. He describes it and its significance and reception, mostly since the 17th century. Among his perspectives are pre-Adamism and the harmony of science and religion, evolution and the birth of Adam, the politics of racial supremacy, and the continuing legacy.

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