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degeneration theory

19th-century theory that civilization was declining due to biological change

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

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Bioethics Declinism History of eugenics History of mental health History of psychiatry History of psychology Lamarckism Phrenology Pseudo-scholarship

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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