Timeline for Did Margaret Mead say that a healed femur is the earliest sign of civilization?
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| May 5, 2020 at 7:25 | answer | added | Avery | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 5, 2020 at 4:37 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | Animals being incapable of looking after their family seems unlikely, kind of like saying no fish are capable of climbing trees | |
| May 4, 2020 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSkeptic/status/1257324136281419779 | ||
| May 3, 2020 at 21:14 | comment | added | Laurel | @NateEldredge Well I could when I first looked it up. Basically it says that the author (idk which one) went to a talk or something of hers and she said that quote. No timeframe was given, although obviously it would have been at least 20 years earlier. | |
| May 3, 2020 at 21:13 | comment | added | Brian Z | It's always difficult to prove conclusively that these sorts of attributions are fabrications, but that is clearly what this looks like. | |
| May 3, 2020 at 21:07 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @Laurel: Are you able to see what's on page 274, and whether it gives an indication of where and when Mead allegedly said this? | |
| May 3, 2020 at 16:06 | comment | added | Laurel | This seems more solid, not sure if it’s enough for an answer: 1997 book | |
| May 3, 2020 at 16:05 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | I'm thinking I heard this ca 1980. | |
| May 3, 2020 at 15:49 | history | asked | Avery | CC BY-SA 4.0 |