The Background of Mankind
name: label: Creator
content: Clarke, Arthur, Sr.
topic: label: Topic
content: Evolution
label: Topic
content: Creationism
label: Topic
content: Bible and evolution
creator: label: Creator
content: Clarke, Arthur, Sr.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0307
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a copy of Arthur Clarke Sr.'s 1938 manuscript,The Background of Mankind, "an attempt to coordinate religious doctrine and evolution."

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