| Wallace took a rather unfortunate position on the issue of polygenism v. monogenism before the Anthropological Society in 1864, a compromise between the two radically different theories. |
| This is reinforced by a widespread belief in polygenism, that the Chinese are a separate branch of humanity rather than sharing a common origin with the rest of us in Africa. |
| In the context of this militant polygenism of 1854-57, the new anthropology professor Quatrefages accepted a version of black perfectibility. |
| Broca argued that the anthropologists could debate monogenism or polygenism without extraneous preoccupations. |
| The tradition of anti-clerical skepticism even allowed geographers like Vivien to cry scientific freedom so polygenism could challenge the religious constraints of a Prichard. |
| Monogenism contends that all races have a single origin, while polygenism is the idea that each race has a separate origin. |
