Re: piltdown

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In article <44gofc$mfr@sentinel.synapse.net>,
Rick Grant <rgrant@synapse.net> wrote:

>It's not really an attack, Gould treats Teilhard with considerable
>respect as he dissects the man's behaviour during and following the
>discovery of Piltdown.
>
>The essay you want is called "Piltdown Revisited" and it is published
>in a collection of Gould's essays called "The Panda's Thumb". It's
>put out by W W Norton & Company, available in paperback, and can be
>found in pretty well any bookstore that has a decent science/nature
>section.

Also, Gould's subsequent book of essays, "Hen's Teeth and Horses' Toes",
has two more essays about Piltdown and Teilhard, and the response of
critics to his claim.

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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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