Eugenics
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eugenics-187-5714938
title:
Eugenics
text:
Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have altered various human gene frequencies by inhibiting the fertility of people and groups purported to be inferior or promoting that of those purported to be superior. The contemporary history of eugenics began in the late 19th century, when a popular eugenics movement emerged in the United Kingdom, and then spread to many countries, including the United States,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Effort to improve purported human genetic quality
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
date created:
2001-10-24T03:40:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:27:51Z
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