Word: neanderthalic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In 1939, carleton S. Coon '25, associate professor of Anthropology, discovered skull fragments of Neanderthal man in the Tangierian caves. In addition, pottery remains of a Stone Age settlement dating back to 4000 B.C. have shown the spread of an ancient Egyptian culture to Africa's west coast.
William T. Sanders '50, an Anthropology concentrator, used a vigorous and unprintable metaphor in an interview yesterday to indicate his skepticism at reporter's efforts to interpret the importance of McCown's priceless collection of Neanderthal bones. Sanders characterized one printed report as "a bunch of."
Bette Davis plays identical twins. As the Good Twin she falls in love with a pipe-puffing engineer (Glenn Ford). As the Bad Twin she steals him, pipe & all, marries him, manages to be spectacularly unfaithful. But the Good Twin stays staunch and true despite the Neanderthal attentions of an...
The sad, sad story: a childless young actress (Maureen O'Hara), married to a successful young producer (John Payne), takes in a little girl from an orphanage. Shortly thereafter she dies from a heart attack, leaving the weeping child to the care of the bereaved foster father. Then matters...
Peking Man-Sinanthropus pekinensis-was the paleontological sensation of the 1920s. To Paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, Peking Man "ranks as the most important discovery in the whole history of human evolution." His first traces-two teeth-were found in 1921 in a "dragon-bone" cave* at Choukoutien, 40 miles southwest...