Talk:Samuel George Morton

Stephen Jay Gould on Morton
The book Gould, Stephen Jay. The Mismeasure of Man. Rev. and expand ed. New York: Norton, 1996. ISBN 0-393-03972-2 is mentioned among the references, and the page The Mismeasure of Man is linked as a "See also" item. New items relating to Morton and his description in Gould's book can be found at "Samuel Morton collection of skulls at center of controversy" (popular version) and "The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias" (scholarly article). Mateat (talk) 22:24, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Richard Lynn citation in "Skull Sizes"
In evaluating Morton's claims on the racial differentiation of skull size, it is stated that "Subsequent studies confirm Morton's hierarchy of average brain sizes, with the caveat that East Asian skulls tend to be a little larger than those of Caucasians.[7]" The footnote cites an extremely controversial book by Richard Lynn that has been widely criticized, both for its methodology and its interpretation of data. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Differences_in_Intelligence_%28book%29#Reception). As written, the article implies that Lynn's theories of racial hierarchy in intelligence have mainstream academic acceptance, which is not true. Lynn's study is also on intelligence as measured by IQ testing, and does not primarily concern skull size. If Lynn's views are addressed, the controversy around them should also be referenced. However, since the article is on Samuel George Morton and not Lynn, I propose that this statement should be taken out altogether, since the larger history of race and intelligence theory is not directly relevant to Morton's specific findings of variation in skull size (which is not at all interchangeable with IQ). 74.9.94.90 (talk) 12:59, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit to External Links section
I'm just dropping a note regarding the change to the External Links section. Many articles don't necessarily have them, and this one had many. Almost none were directly pertinent to Samuel George Morton. They may belong in a separate article that they were all relevant to but only one that I deleted even had mention of Morton and it's now a reference for one of the statements in the article. If you would like more information on what belongs in an external links section, please refer to WP:EL. Thank you, The Haz talk 17:38, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

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Evolving view on Race of the Egyptians
making sure the section mirrors this one

George Gliddon Markj573 (talk) 16:56, 22 May 2023 (UTC)