Editing Human zoo (section)

=== German ethnographs ===
Ethnology studies in Germany took a new approach in the 1870s as human displays were incorporated into zoos. These exhibits were lauded as 'educational' to the general population by the [[scientific community]]. Very quickly, the exhibits were used as a way to show that Europeans had "evolved" into a 'superior', 'cosmopolitan' life.<ref name="penny" />

In the late 19th century, German ethnographic museums were seen as an empirical study of human culture. They contained artifacts from cultures around the world organized by continent allowing visitors to see the similarities and differences between the groups and "form their own ideas".<ref name="penny">{{Cite book|last=Penny|first=H. Glenn |title=Objects of culture: ethnology and ethnographic museums in Imperial Germany |date=2002 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |isbn=0807862193 |location=Chapel Hill |oclc=55602080}}</ref>