dc.contributor.advisor	Forrester, Mark
dc.contributor.author	Sennewald, Kaitlin
dc.contributor.department	English	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-30T20:25:27Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-30T20:25:27Z
dc.date.issued	2023-03-30
dc.description.abstract	Our popular and scientific reconstructions of Neanderthals have varied greatly over the past 200 years, following trends in Enlightenment thought and race science. This paper traces Neanderthal reconstructions over time from the Enlightenment to the 1970s, connecting them to Western imperialist ideals and actions, and builds on previous literature by extending the imperialist influence past World War II and into the Vietnam War era. Through analyzing political thought, scientific reconstructions, and artistic/popular work, it is evident that a post-Enlightenment imperialist influence permeated not only the Western sociopolitical sphere, but also the scientific sphere. This research, through its focus on Neanderthal reconstructions, therefore additionally serves as a case study in how sociopolitical activity and scientific approaches reify each other in order to perpetuate a certain dominant narrative.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/lx7c-t2pa
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/29759
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subject	Imperialism	en_US
dc.subject	Neanderthals	en_US
dc.subject	Human evolution	en_US
dc.subject	Race science	en_US
dc.subject	European history	en_US
dc.subject	Politicization of science	en_US
dc.title	Imperialism’s Wayward Child: The Impact of Imperialist Thought on Neanderthal Reconstructions	en_US
dc.type	research paper	en_US

Imperialism’s Wayward Child: The Impact of Imperialist Thought on Neanderthal Reconstructions

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