Posted on 09/22/2019 10:53:00 AM PDT by ransomnote
All too common in today's scholarship. 'Experts' so jealously defend their ideas so that you might think it is established doctrine.
If you have time, I wrote a book about it; I tried to get it published but it was labeled as creationism vs evolution, completely missing the point. I just posted it on line and moved on.
Perhaps the best examples is the episode of the first discovery of Paleolithic cave paintings by amateur archaeologist, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, documented in my last chapter. It ruined his life. Posthumously his worst 'expert' critic realized his error and apologized to the widow - to his credit. But de Sautuola died in infamy. It is not an isolated incident. The Clovis Barrier has served to ruin a few careers.
Twice told tales, I fear.
I've got a couple of snips I've used a number of times here (one about Virchow's "cossack with rickets", the other about the miscount of humaan chromosomes), but I'm headed for bed. G'night!
Me too! :) dittos
As usual, I'm managed to overshoot my estimated going-to-bed time...
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