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Book: 'You are the worst man in history'
Reuters via ESPNSports ^

Posted on 10/17/2009 3:42:14 AM PDT by Daffynition

LONDON -- Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100- and 200-meter record-holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions.

Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies in which they had to jump at least their own height to progress to manhood.

Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former bodybuilder and current California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.

These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively sub-titled "The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male".

"If you're reading this then you -- or the male you have bought it for -- are the worst man in history," McAllister writes in the opening sentence of the prologue. "No ifs, no buts -- the worst man, period. ... As a class we are in fact the sorriest cohort of masculine Homo sapiens to ever walk the planet."

Delving into a wide range of source material McAllister finds evidence he believes proves that modern man is inferior to his predecessors in, among other fields, the basic Olympic athletics disciplines of running and jumping.

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(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Society
KEYWORDS: anthropology; bookreview; males
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To: seemoAR
Seeing Kermit in that image is impossible.


61 posted on 10/17/2009 11:18:46 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: seemoAR

I see 2 big eyes and half of a mouth on a face. The left side of his mouth is covered by a shadow. What did you see? ;0)


62 posted on 10/17/2009 11:36:56 AM PDT by seemoAR
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To: SonOfDarkSkies; jla

I’m afraid I was posting while in my cups last night. My apologies to you both. What an embarrassing display on my part.


63 posted on 10/17/2009 4:56:38 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Roscoe Karns
A fella can get strong in the gym...but never so strong as a MAN who apologizes when he thinks he has erred.

Great recovery...great example of character and strength!!!

I have myself made many such mistakes...so don't think you are alone!;-)

Have a great weekend!

64 posted on 10/17/2009 5:11:59 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (For good judgment ask...What would Obama do? Then do the opposite!)
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