In the 1890s, which new science ranked the world's peoples in a racial hierarchy according to their supposed stage of development?
A)biology
B)political science
C)anthropology
D)philology

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Anthropology, in the 1890s, was the science that ranked the world's peoples in a racial hierarchy based on their supposed stage of development. This approach reflected the period's colonialist and Eurocentric attitudes.

In the 1890s, Which New Science Ranked the World's Peoples