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Darwin was not the first to claim racial superiority.  But he was the first to teach that some races of man "will almost certainly exterminate, and replace" other races of man.  His followers developed a new intellectual field called "eugenics" for this mythical biological struggle.
 
Darwin was not the first to claim racial superiority.  But he was the first to teach that some races of man "will almost certainly exterminate, and replace" other races of man.  His followers developed a new intellectual field called "eugenics" for this mythical biological struggle.
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In fact, the term "Eugenics" was coined by Darwin's cousin, [[Francis Galton]].<ref>Cavanaugh-O'Keefe (2000).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20120204002402/http://www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap02.html "Chapter two: Francis Galton and the Eugenics Society"]. ''Roots of Racism and Abortion: An Exploration of Eugenics.''  Retrieved from February 4, 2012 archive of Eugenics Watch at Internet Archive on September 17, 2014.</ref> He based his ideas on his cousin's work.
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In fact, the term "eugenics" was coined by Darwin's cousin, [[Francis Galton]].<ref>Cavanaugh-O'Keefe (2000).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20120204002402/http://www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap02.html "Chapter two: Francis Galton and the Eugenics Society"]. ''Roots of Racism and Abortion: An Exploration of Eugenics.''  Retrieved from February 4, 2012 archive of Eugenics Watch at Internet Archive on September 17, 2014.</ref> He based his ideas on his cousin's work.
    
==Etymology and history==
 
==Etymology and history==
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