Re: AUSTRALOIDS

Amy (104125.14@CompuServe.COM)
6 Sep 1996 04:50:22 GMT

<The question of whether Australian Aborigines do or don't have a
<more
<: direct relationship to Homo erectus than other races is a
<matter of
<: fact, and it should have no political overtones. In
<particular, such a
<: claim -- right or wrong -- does not necessarily imply a value
<judgement.

Of course it is a loaded question. It's the anthropological
equivalent of a lawyer asking the defendant "Do you still beat
your wife?" Bias in questioning has been an unfortuante plaque in
anthropology.