KnowraPolygenismLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Polygenism, each with the reason it gives.All 5Broader topic 1Compared with 4Scientific racismCompared with: It offered a direct challenge to human common descent and was used to defend racial separation.Louis AgassizBroader topic: Agassiz defended separate origins for human races, opposing the idea of a single human ancestry.Arthur de GobineauCompared with: Although distinct from Gobineau’s account, it shares the premise of deep biological divisions among peoples.Johann Friedrich BlumenbachCompared with: Blumenbach rejected separate human origins and argued that humanity descended from a common stock.Historical race conceptsCompared with: Polygenists used separate origins to argue that racial differences were permanent and hierarchical.