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Record Nr.

UNINA9910268951703321

Autore

Pittelkow Jörg

Titolo

Innovation und Tradition. Herbert Bachs Beitrag zur Anthropologie und Humangenetik / Jörg Pittelkow, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2018

[s.l.] : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2018

ISBN

9783863953553

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the contribution of the German biologist Herbert Bach (1926 - 1996) to physical anthropology and human genetics in Eastern Germany. It highlights his scientific achievements and publications, his work as director (1960 - 1993) and lecturer at the Institute of Anthropology in Jena (Germany). In order to trace his contributions, this work outlines the previous historical development of the Institute of Anthropology under Hans Friedrich Karl Günther (1930 - 1935) and Bernhard Struck (1936 - 1960). Bach fostered the cooperation between anthropology and genetics by examining anthropological data within a genetic framework. His major accomplishments included the prehistoric anthropology of former populations in central Germany and the implementation of genetic counseling services in Eastern Germany. As director of the Institute of Anthropology, he advanced anthropometrie and prehistoric anthropology and expanded teaching in content and scope. He elaborated new anthropological curricula of biologists, teachers and physicians. In addition Bach re-built the anthropological institute, shifting its focus from ethnology to genetics and expanding the scope of research and teaching. He also integrated the institute into a network of genetic counseling services.