Auel's sources (was Re: homo species)

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J. Moore (j#d#.moore@canrem.com) wrote:

: Pn> I blame it on that dreadful "Clan of the Cave Bear" book.

: Jean Auel simply used what has been "common knowledge"; the
: inaccuracies are not hers per se, but have been introduced by
: experts over the years.

Which experts came up with the speculation that Neandertals had inherited
memories in a sexually differentiated fashion, and this inherited
database of knowledge was related to their speculated inability to
innovate and to learn? Or was that off-the-wall but interesting idea her
very own?

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"The older I get, the more value I place on experience."

 

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