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    Alphonse Bertillon's Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)
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    The Anthropometric Detective and His Racial Clues

    The Anthropometric Detective and His Racial Clues

    By Ava Kofman

    Ava Kofman explores how the spectre of race, in particular Francis Galton's disturbing theory of eugenics, haunts the early history of fingerprint technology. more

    24 Feb 2016
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