Re: johansen on PBS
Jim Foley (jimf@vangelis.FtCollins.NCR.com)
13 Jul 1995 14:44:01 GMT
In article <kmkniff1.7.30040A18@omni.voicenet.com>,
kevin m. kniffin <kmkniff1@omni.voicenet.com> wrote:
>i finally caught the johansen (sp] special on tv last night, all three parts.
>but, i remember there being an active thread several months ago concerning
>johansen [in search of human origins].
>
>did he do a good job representing other views? in the first, it was
>basically all him, but the second and third episode seemed to go over
>lots of other people's ideas...eh?
>
>or is it just his personality that some people dont care for?
It was shown here last night for the first time, but I only caught parts
of it (taped it though). I noted that he discussed the discovery of the
Turkana Boy fossil without even mentioning the name of Richard Leakey.
That struck me as ridiculously petty.
I think a lot of people find him too arrogant and ambitious, and a
publicity hound. There's some truth in that, but I respect him for
having the guts to go out there and find good stuff.
Jim (Chris) Foley, jim.foley@symbios.com
Assoc. Prof. of Omphalic Envy Research interest:
Department of Anthropology Primitive hominids
University of Ediacara (Australopithecus creationistii)
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