Religious Discrimination and Scientific Racism.

[jcrawford]

Originally posted by UTEOTW:
The genetics are there. Deal with it. Or at least tell us how good ol' Lub deals with it and provide his references so we can check them out.

Lubenow indicates that neo-Darwinist geneticists are just trying to validate neo-Darwinst race theories about human evolution in and out of Africa. Over 1000 scientific notations, quotes and references are provided in his "Bones of Contention," BakerBooks, 2004 edition.

Check 'em out in your local library or beg, borrow or buy the book. You don't think the Internet is the only or best source of scientific information, do you? All kinds of crackpots post in cyberspace.

 

[jcrawford]

Originally posted by Petrel:
Well, I checked it out (the 1992 version, they don't have the 2004 version and I don't know if I could handle the genetics discussion in it right now anyways ). I've skimmed through the first few chapters and am not especially impressed. Right now he's trying to say that the Neanderthals were actually human, despite the fact that they used only the most rudimentary of tools throughout their existence and don't have the type of culture that is seen in even the most primitive human societies. He seems to be proposing that their unusual skull structure is a function of using their jaws as a tool to hold objects while manipulating them, saying that tooth damage seen in Neanderthals is similar to that seen in Eskimos who use their teeth similarly. Unfortunately, you don't manage to reshape your entire face and skull by using your teeth as a clamp--you just get bad teeth.

He has used several quotes that I'm planning on checking up on if I have time.

So far nothing on racism.

Lubenow added several chapters on genetics and neo-Darwinist racism in his 2004 edition. All he basically proves in his 1992 book is that there is no fossil evidence of human evolution in or out of Africa.