Re: Auel's sources (was Re: homo species)

Bearcat (bcat@netcom.com)
Sun, 23 Jul 1995 15:53:21 GMT

davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
: 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?

And who came up with the notion that the first Cro-Magnons were
blond?

- Bearcat