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SUMMARY:&quot\;A Single Grand Science&quot\;: Anthropology and Genetics af
 ter the Second World War - Jenny Bangham\, Darwin College\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20091103T131000Z
DTEND:20091103T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Hilary Powell
DESCRIPTION:In 1946\, the President of the Royal Anthropological Institute
  announced that it had "been a mistake to divide mankind into groups terme
 d 'races' ... it is much more probable that drifts of people in different 
 directions have carried some ancient characters far and wide ... We shall 
 greatly welcome increased co-operation from researchers in genetics". The 
 concept of 'race' had become a perilous one after the Second World War\, a
 nd anthropologists looked to the genetics community to help transform race
 s into population 'gene pools'. In turn\, geneticists negotiated with anth
 ropologists to define the collection and processing practices proper to a 
 population genetics of humans. Crucial to both endeavors was the genetics 
 of blood groups: geneticists and anthropologists saw blood groups as objec
 tive\, clean records of historical information\, and made them into the pr
 inciple tool for characterising human populations and determining their hi
 story. In her talk\, Jenny will outline how links were forged between the 
 fields of anthropology\, population genetics and the blood transfusion ser
 vices. She will explore how negotiations over the practises of blood group
 ing contributed to the making of 'human genetics'.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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