Going the whole orang: Darwin, Wallace and the natural history of orangutans
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Going the whole orang : Darwin, Wallace and the natural history of orangutans. / van Wyhe, John; Kjærgaard, Peter C.
I: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Bind 51, 2015, s. 53-63.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Going the whole orang
T2 - Darwin, Wallace and the natural history of orangutans
AU - van Wyhe, John
AU - Kjærgaard, Peter C.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article surveys the European discovery and early ideas about orangutans followed by the contrasting experiences with these animals of the co-founders of evolution by natural selection, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. The first non-human great ape that both of them interacted with was the orangutan. They were both profoundly influenced by what they saw, but the contexts of their observations could hardly be more different. Darwin met orangutans in the Zoological Gardens in London while Wallace saw them in the wild in Borneo. In different ways these observations helped shape their views of human evolution and humanity's place in nature. Their findings played a major role in shaping some of the key questions that were pursued in human evolutionary studies during the rest of the nineteenth century.
AB - This article surveys the European discovery and early ideas about orangutans followed by the contrasting experiences with these animals of the co-founders of evolution by natural selection, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. The first non-human great ape that both of them interacted with was the orangutan. They were both profoundly influenced by what they saw, but the contexts of their observations could hardly be more different. Darwin met orangutans in the Zoological Gardens in London while Wallace saw them in the wild in Borneo. In different ways these observations helped shape their views of human evolution and humanity's place in nature. Their findings played a major role in shaping some of the key questions that were pursued in human evolutionary studies during the rest of the nineteenth century.
KW - Alfred russel wallace
KW - Anthropology
KW - Charles darwin
KW - Great apes
KW - Human evolution
KW - Orangutans
U2 - 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.02.006
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84941599961
VL - 51
SP - 53
EP - 63
JO - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
JF - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
SN - 1369-8486
ER -
ID: 154475586