Re: Racism disguised as Anthropology

Richard Foy (rfoy@netcom.com)
Sat, 27 Jul 1996 14:22:35 GMT

In article <4t8a7i$rd7@vesuri.Helsinki.FI>,
Laura Kataja <lkataja@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>In <4t0nda$hts@portal.gmu.edu> herwin@mason2.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) writes:
>
>(sorry to post an off-topic reply, but i couldn'rt resist...)
>
>That novel has been written. Bj€rn Kurt€n: Mammutens r€dare (approx:
>"the controller of the mammoths"). The plot includes technically more
>developed and more aggressive "blacks" (h. sapiens sapiens), and
>peaceful "whites" (h. s. neardenthalensis). The offspring are sterile.
>
>[Kurt€n was a Finnish paleontologist, who also wrote a lot of
>popularizing books and articles and even fiction -- those books have
>always an introduction telling what is based on science, and which
>points are pure fantasy.]

That novel is excellent from a purely entertainment point of view, as
well as being interesting from an anthro point of view.

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