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Originally Posted by DanaC

... This idea of the evolution of civilisations - all wrapped up in the idea of races - held that man started in a state of nature and progressed at different paces according to a range of factors. But that progression was not just in terms of civilisation and technical development, it was seen as a progression of man - so the cultures that were less developed in the eyes of the Europeans, were also assumed to be a less developed, less evolved people. They were further behind on the journey. ...

Gumball.