Lodewijk 'Louis' Bolk (10 December 1866, Overschie – 17 June 1930, Amsterdam) was a Dutch anatomist who created the fetalization theory about the human body. [1] It states that when a human being is born, it is still a fetus, as can be seen by its (proportionally) big head, lack of coordination, and helplessness. Furthermore, this " prematuration" is specifically human.
Gavin de Beer and Stephen Jay Gould wrote about him and further developed this theory of neoteny in humans. [2]
Also Jacques Lacan took Bolk's fetalization theory into account in order to introduce his own thesis on the mirror stage.[ citation needed]
Bolk wrote in Origin of Racial Characteristics in Man, “White skin...started from an ancestor with a black skin, in whose offspring hair and iris color were suppressed more and more.” [3]
References
- ^ Verhulst, J. (1993). "Louis Bolk revisited II—Retardation, hypermorphosis and body proportions of humans". Medical Hypotheses. 41 (2): 100–114. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(93)90054-T. PMID 8231987.
- ^ Gould, S. J. (1977). Ontogeny and Phylogeny. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. Chapter 10: Retardation and Neoteny in Human Evolution. The Fetalization Theory of Louis Bolk, pages 356–362. ISBN 978-0-674-63940-9.)
- ^ Bolk, L. (1929). "Origin of racial characteristics in man". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 13 (1): 1–28. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330130123. ISSN 1096-8644.
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Lodewijk 'Louis' Bolk (10 December 1866, Overschie – 17 June 1930, Amsterdam) was a Dutch anatomist who created the fetalization theory about the human body. [1] It states that when a human being is born, it is still a fetus, as can be seen by its (proportionally) big head, lack of coordination, and helplessness. Furthermore, this " prematuration" is specifically human.
Gavin de Beer and Stephen Jay Gould wrote about him and further developed this theory of neoteny in humans. [2]
Also Jacques Lacan took Bolk's fetalization theory into account in order to introduce his own thesis on the mirror stage.[ citation needed]
Bolk wrote in Origin of Racial Characteristics in Man, “White skin...started from an ancestor with a black skin, in whose offspring hair and iris color were suppressed more and more.” [3]
References
- ^ Verhulst, J. (1993). "Louis Bolk revisited II—Retardation, hypermorphosis and body proportions of humans". Medical Hypotheses. 41 (2): 100–114. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(93)90054-T. PMID 8231987.
- ^ Gould, S. J. (1977). Ontogeny and Phylogeny. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. Chapter 10: Retardation and Neoteny in Human Evolution. The Fetalization Theory of Louis Bolk, pages 356–362. ISBN 978-0-674-63940-9.)
- ^ Bolk, L. (1929). "Origin of racial characteristics in man". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 13 (1): 1–28. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330130123. ISSN 1096-8644.
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