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962:John Grattan
857:Halfdan Bryn
856:
722:in Singapore
689:Sociological
433:
388:
379:
360:
354:
345:
337:
332:
320:. Retrieved
313:
304:Holck, Per.
238:
225:
187:
178:
170:
166:
154:
150:
146:
143:
129:
119:
92:
72:
45:
25:Halfdan Bryn
24:
23:
1440:1933 deaths
1435:1864 births
1409:Pre-Adamite
1399:Multiracial
1002:Robert Knox
812:John Beddoe
759:Master race
715:in Colombia
603:East Baltic
340:, 52 (1932)
310:Helle, Knut
253:Nordic race
183:Sami people
115:5th Brigade
1429:Categories
1404:Polygenism
1394:Monogenism
1112:Otto Reche
1017:Fritz Lenz
847:Paul Broca
837:Franz Boas
807:Erwin Baur
802:John Baker
696:By region
553:Australoid
440:1926–1933
280:References
163:Cro-Magnon
107:lieutenant
42:Early life
781:Négritude
710:in Brazil
655:Mongoloid
563:Caucasoid
223:in 1927.
85:in 1889.
81:from the
79:cand.med.
48:Trondheim
32:physician
29:Norwegian
1374:Eugenics
754:Colorism
700:in India
608:Ethiopid
588:Atlantid
578:Armenoid
322:18 April
122:recruits
99:New York
1362:Related
790:Writers
734:Passing
677:Negrito
672:Negroid
643:Turanid
638:Semites
613:Hamites
598:Dinaric
593:Caspian
312:(ed.).
211:of the
209:praeses
1353:(1950)
1345:(1943)
1329:(1936)
1321:(1930)
1313:(1920)
1305:(1916)
1297:(1916)
1289:(1911)
1281:(1907)
1273:(1899)
1257:(1855)
1249:(1849)
1241:(1785)
1233:(1744)
744:Racism
633:Nordic
623:Iranid
573:Arabid
568:Alpine
558:Capoid
515:Bronze
367:
95:Dakota
52:Norway
650:Malay
618:Indid
583:Aryan
535:White
525:Olive
520:Brown
510:Black
308:. In
219:from
159:Tydal
151:Tydal
147:Selbu
365:ISBN
324:2010
265:Møre
149:and
97:and
62:and
34:and
530:Red
1431::
403:^
288:^
185:.
50:,
38:.
477:e
470:t
463:v
373:.
326:.
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