Re: For Review & Approval - Henry Gee Quote Mine


noctiluca wrote:
> catshark wrote:

[...]

> >
> > Gee, like any good scientist, complains that "we know desperately little of
> > the course of human evolution" and will doubtless continue to do so no
> > matter how much we learn in his lifetime. But that is no excuse for anyone
> > to distort what Gee says about what we do know.
>
> Okay, one other suggestion. As the use of this qm of Gee seems to be to
> cast doubt upon human evolution, I think it might be of value to go
> beyond your last sentence here and point out that neither is it an
> excuse for anyone to conclude that the broad conclusions which
> scientists have drawn regarding human descent are not supported by
> evidence.
>
> Robert

How's this:

Gee, like any good scientist, is never satisfied and complains that "we
know desperately little of the course of human evolution". He will
doubtless continue to do so no matter how much we learn in his
lifetime. But the broad conclusions scientists have drawn regarding
human descent are supported by ample evidence, of which the "legions of
ape-men and near-humans discovered over the past 70 years" are just a
part. Gee's understandable desire to know more is no excuse to distort
what he has said concerning what we do know.

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