1) What is the Great Chain of Being? When did this idea emerge? How does it relate to catastrophism?

2) What is natural selection and how has it worked among peppered moths in Manchester, England?

3) How have people misunderstood Darwin's theory of evolution? How did such misunderstandings particularly affect the thinking and theories of social scientists? How did these misunderstandings influence the concept of "race"?

4) Why does Lassiter see Franz Boas as the "father of modern anthropology"? What did Boas's ethnographic research teach him about human societies and human nature? How did this relate to his critique of racism?

5) What does "race" mean for Boas? Why?

6) If race doesn't exist biologically, why do we need to continue to talk about it?