General Chem in Lab4/E-Im: Illust.Guide 3/E
Average customer rating: Not rated
    General Chem in Lab4/E-Im: Illust.Guide 3/E
    Et Al Roberts , James M. Postma , and Julian L., Jr. JR. JR. JR. JR. Roberts
    Manufacturer: W.H. Freeman & Company
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

    General & ReferenceGeneral & Reference | Chemistry | Science | Subjects | Books
    General & ReferenceGeneral & Reference | Chemistry | Professional Science | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
    ASIN: 0716730294

    Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • a lot of information which make you think..
    • Very informaitve but way too much
    • Forbidden Archeology, ?
    • A very strongly recommended, 914-page volume that is specifically written and organized to be thoroughly accessible
    • An Enormous Amassing of Anomalous Evidence.
    Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race
    Michael A. Cremo , and Richard L. Thompson
    Manufacturer: Audio Literature
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Audio Cassette

    GeneralGeneral | Nonfiction | Books on Cassette | Audiobooks | Formats | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Books on Cassette | Audiobooks | Formats | Books
    WorldWorld | History | Subjects | Books | 17th Century | 18th Century | 19th Century | 20th Century | 21st Century | Byzantine | Expeditions & Discoveries | General | Islamic | Jewish | Medieval | Renaissance | Revolution | Slavery & Emancipation | Transportation | Women in History
    Controversial KnowledgeControversial Knowledge | Religious Studies | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
    Unexplained MysteriesUnexplained Mysteries | Occult | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Evolution | Science | Subjects | Books
    Similar Items:
    1. Human Devolution: a Vedic alternative to Darwin's theory Human Devolution: a Vedic alternative to Darwin's theory
    2. Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization
    3. Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients
    4. Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America: Lost History And Legends, Unearthed And Explored Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America: Lost History And Legends, Unearthed And Explored
    5. The Hidden History of the Human Race (The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology) The Hidden History of the Human Race (The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology)

    ASIN: 1574531034

    Book Description

    Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that humans like us have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however, has supppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a knowledge filter, giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely incorrect.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars a lot of information which make you think.........2007-09-10

    Well, most of the previous reviewers are already told about what you expect to read in this book. I am not retelling it again, but I would like to say that there are lot of books in the world printed every year and it is not easy to scan all this information available.

    It is ugly to say but I would devide the books in to two column- one for killing the time and other for getting new information.
    Now, when you are interesting about history, ancient knowledge (the way it was before) then it is advisable to skip also most of "official science" materials as they mirror only the way "it should be to suit in best way the rules of the winners".

    What you have left is not much but still very valuable amount of materials. I would put this book in this last part. Not easy reading but you should have it as long as it is available. This is kind of book you want to open again in later years.

    I strongly advice to have it:)

    2 out of 5 stars Very informaitve but way too much.......2007-05-26

    I started reading this book and decided it is not a cover to cover read.
    This book is full of endless examples of archeaology finds and controversies about how long the current version of man has been on this earth. Lots of examples of suppressed finds of very old remains that are believed to be way older than the 100000 years man has suppposedly been around. But the academic community is not ready to re-write the evolution of man as it stands today.
    You can find enough of this in Cremo's other book The Devolution of Man. Though I have not read far into this book yet either.

    5 out of 5 stars Forbidden Archeology, ?.......2007-05-14

    Why is it that most, I say, most, of the archeologists lie to hide the truth of their finds. I think it is because of religious ideas about what should be. The whole religious community has been lieing to the general population since the '40 years in the desert' thing. They refuse to tell the truth about what they see and dig up, if it doesnt conform to the general belief. This, is in itself a form of terrisom, and must be stopped. I stopped being afraid of the alien called god many years ago, because of something I and another person saw. Its a good feeling to live without fear, of some being comming down from the sky to kill me, if I dont believe. What a crock of, you know what. This book will open the eyes of ever human being who is looking for the truth.

    5 out of 5 stars A very strongly recommended, 914-page volume that is specifically written and organized to be thoroughly accessible.......2007-03-06

    The scientific discipline archeology (the study of antiquity through ancient writings and artifacts) is taught in every university in this country and abroad. Archeology seeks to illuminate human origins and the development of human civilization down through the millennia. A constantly evolving field of scientific inquiry, theory and findings, archeology has a number of anomalies that are either glossed over or ignored in traditional courses of archaeological instruction. In "Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History Of The Human Race", Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thomson from the Bhaktivedanta Institute (a research center founded in 1975 and dedicated to the advanced study of the nature and origin of life and the universe in light of ancient India's Vedic literature) have collaborated to compile and present these anomalies that have been suppressed by established, traditional archaeological studies because they contradict or simply don't fit in with the accept theories about human origins and earlier cultures. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Forbidden Archeology" is a very strongly recommended, 914-page volume that is specifically written and organized to be thoroughly accessible for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in archeology and anthropology, and has a great deal of value for dedicated students, academicians, and working professionals in these sciences as well.

    5 out of 5 stars An Enormous Amassing of Anomalous Evidence........2007-02-17

    _Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race_, published by the Bhaktivedanta Institute, by historian and philosopher of science Michael A. Cremo and researcher Richard L. Thompson first appeared in 1993. This book called into question the most widely accepted account of the origin of mankind by bringing to light an enormous amount of anomalous evidence. Such evidence would seem to indicate that mankind (as Homo sapiens sapiens) existed on this planet long before the accepted date for man's origins (believed to be 100,000 years ago in Africa after evolving from an ape-like ancestor). However, were the evidence presented in this book to be accepted, then it would call into question the most widely held theory of man's origins, the Darwinian account of evolution by means of natural selection. The book relies on a certain understanding of the scientific enterprise itself, emphasizing the role that social forces play in the scientific endeavor. As such, the authors admit their debts to such philosophers of science as Thomas Kuhn, Steven Shapin, and Paul Feyerabend. The ideas of these philosophers are controversial (particularly among scientists) because they seem to show that sociological (and even political) factors play a greater role in the scientific endeavor than is usually admitted. (Long ago, others such as Charles Fort also amassed anomalous evidence that called into account many widely accepted theories of the time.) Throughout the book the authors will maintain that such anomalous evidence presents a challenge to the orthodox scientific account of mankind's origins. They also maintain that while much of the evidence appears in older journals and publications from the Nineteenth century that it was too casually dismissed by scientists of a later generation when the Darwinian account became the orthodox theory. The authors maintain that there is really no good reason to reject such older evidence, provided that one also accepts the modern evidence which lends support to the Darwinian account of mankind's more recent origins. Thus, one can choose to either accept both forms of evidence (for the older account of mankind's origins) or to reject both. Either way, the results do not look good for the standard Darwinian account. Since the beginning however, reactionary scientists have scoffed at such evidence, largely attributing it to fraud, improper data collection, memory distortions, etc. - basically any excuse to reject it. This can be seen in the reactions of many scientists to the ideas presented in this book. When this book did appear, with few exceptions, it was uniformly greeted with a negative reaction from the scientific community. Some maintained that the book amounted to a conspiracy theory, was thus unfalsifiable, and could not be taken seriously. However, this objection cannot be used against it, because science itself has been found to contain many unfalsifiable theories. However, even more importantly others have maintained that the motivations of the authors are religious in nature and that this discredits any evidence they may present. Thus, some have maintained that the authors have a confirmation bias and have leveled the charge of "creationism" against the authors. However, these scientists fail to take into account their own confirmation bias in their blind allegiance to the orthodox Darwinian viewpoint. The authors admit at the beginning of their account that they are members of the Bhaktivedanta Institute and were motivated by reading accounts of mankind on earth long before current history allows in the Vedas. Such accounts are certainly interesting and may reveal that there is more to the story of mankind's origins than is commonly allowed. The fundamental issue at stake here is how science deals with anomalous evidence. Some merely scoff at it, or attribute it to other causes a priori without even examining it. However, others may take a closer look at it and find that there is more to it. I am not quite sure that the authors have proven that man in fact inhabited this planet at such early dates as some of the evidence in this book may seem to indicate, but they have certainly provided me with much to think about. I can no longer look at the official accounts of human origins in the same light again. It seems as if many scientists have allowed personal, political, and ideological motivations to guide the scientific endeavor and thus have lost all sight of objectivity. Such things must be taken into account when formulating a theory of human origins.

    The first section of this book deals with anomalous evidence. The authors begin by presenting some history of how Darwin's account as detailed in _The Origin of Species_ and for humans in _The Descent of Man_ came to be the most widely accepted account. The authors then note some epistemological issues that will occur regarding the facts of testimony and the possibility of fraud. They then propose their model of suppression for how the scientific community has systematically ignored certain types of evidence. Following this, the authors present anomalous evidence for human toolmakers in the following forms: incised and broken bones, eoliths (anomalously old stone tools), crude paleolithic stone tools, advanced paleoliths and neoliths, and anomalous human skeletal remains. Much of this evidence is extraordinarily old and it may cause one to doubt until one considers the fact that the case for such evidence is every bit as good as the case for any other piece of evidence used to establish the standard orthodox account. The authors next present the accepted evidence. First, they call into question certain aspects of the Java Man (Pithecanthropus Erectus) finds. Then, they devote a chapter to the Piltdown man fiasco and forgery. The important thing about the Piltdown man case is that it shows how wrong orthodox opinion can often be. Many have attributed the Piltdown man forgery to the scheming of a single scientist (usually conveniently blaming the "amateur" Dawson or the religious Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin, rather than a "real" scientist). However, one possibility is that the forgery resulted from an overzealous form of British nationalism. The authors have an interesting take on this. They consider the possibility that a group of scientists themselves created the forgery, only later to "expose" the very forgery that they had created. If such a thing occurred (and it is just as probable as blaming it on any given single scientist), it would certainly cast doubts on a large part of the scientific endeavor. Following the Piltdown case, the authors examine evidence for Peking man and other finds in China. Following this, the authors turn their attention to the possibility of living ape-men, who may live among us. This is a controversial topic; however, they note that evidence for such ape-men (be they called sasquatch, yeti, or what have you) is just as acceptable as any other form of evidence. Further, many new animals are discovered every year. Many mainstream anthropologists have remained silent on this issue and some have spoken out against modern ape-men; however, a brave few have spoken up in favor of modern ape-men, and their studies of the phenomena are presented here. The authors then discuss some of the findings from Africa. Darwin maintained that Africa was the birthplace of man and much of modern paleoanthropology seems to indicate he may have been right. However, there is reason to be suspicious again because of recurrent issues of nationalism. The authors call much of this evidence into question. (They also question the alleged time frame for man's first arrival in the New World.) The book concludes with three appendices: one on chemical and radiocarbon dating of anomalous human skeletal remains (calling into question many accepted methods), one on evidence for advanced culture in distant ages (this remains more questionable of course, but would indicate that many ancient writings are correct were it proven to be valid), and a summary of the evidence.

    After reading this book, I remain largely baffled as to how to respond. Certainly most of the evidence here deserves a careful looking at. And, the fact that many mainstream scientists remain so skeptical and outright reactionary is not a good sign. It would appear that much of the scientific endeavor has become corrupted with politics as a result. (For example, the authors note the role of the Rockefeller Foundation in influencing the modern scientific endeavor and the decline in traditional religion.) Scientists have been fooled before by the Piltdown man hoax, and it remains a distinct possibility that a great many of them are fooled even today. However, until such time as more open-minded and cautious people are capable of looking objectively at the evidence, the scientific community is unlikely to alter its course in dogmatically affirming the Darwinian account. Such is the sad story of the modern scientific enterprise.
    The Hidden History of the Human Race (The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • The Hidden Mystery
    • thought provoking
    • Substantiation is the key!
    • Caution ! PROCEED with CAUTION
    • Reads well, but offers no proof or documentation.
    The Hidden History of the Human Race (The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology)
    Cremo Michael A.
    Manufacturer: Torchlight Publishing
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

    ContemporaryContemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Mystery | Mystery & Thrillers | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Mystery & Thrillers | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Anthropology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Archaeology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Biology | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Evolution | Science | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Science | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Evolution | Professional Science | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
    Look Inside Fiction BooksLook Inside Fiction Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
    Look Inside Mystery & Thriller BooksLook Inside Mystery & Thriller Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
    Similar Items:
    1. Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization
    2. Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America: Lost History And Legends, Unearthed And Explored Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America: Lost History And Legends, Unearthed And Explored
    3. Gods, Genes, and Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention in Human History Gods, Genes, and Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention in Human History
    4. Before the Pharaohs: Egypt's Mysterious Prehistory Before the Pharaohs: Egypt's Mysterious Prehistory
    5. Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients

    ASIN: 0892133252

    Book Description

    Hidden History is a detective novel as much as a scholarly tour de force. But the murder is not the butler. Neither is the victim a rich old man with many heirs. The victim is man himself, and the role of the assassin is played by numerous scientists. Dr. Michael Rothstein, Politiken Newspaper, Denmark

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars The Hidden Mystery.......2007-04-13

    The book takes a highly detailed look at evidence for the earlier existence of homo sapiens on the planet. The authors describe countless cases that are scientifically verified. Yet the evidence does not fit into the accepted archeological and anthropological timelines of main stream science. The authors compare both sides of the veracity of the discoveries and the arguments of the detractors. The authors let the reader decide whether or not human existence began millions of years ago. They make a strong case.
    This is a shorter version of "Forbidden Archeology". The book is not any easy read, but fascinating.

    4 out of 5 stars thought provoking.......2007-04-10

    Very interesting book really makes you think. Having said that it is also a book you don't read quickly. You have to take your time and absorb everything slowly. It is not a "quick read"

    4 out of 5 stars Substantiation is the key!.......2005-10-29

    This edition of Cremo's work has been abridged and rendered concise for the "normal" reader. I will say for it what I have for the parent book "Forbidden Archeology" that the potential for this paradigm of human history is excellent, but in order to make it into a justifiable scientific theory Cremo must not deal with fragmentary evidence (on which he builds his case so far)alone; these anomalous objects ARE inexplicable, yet insufficient in themselves alone to form the pedestal for such a theory. The proper way to start would be to start looking for debris left by (such) ancient technological human civilisations. If this can't (yet) be found satisfactorily, he should attempt to postulate WHY this hasn't been so, or WHY it is so difficult to find - and why such evidence is as yet restricted to fragmentary anomalous artifacts or shards turning up at random. Even though such a paradigm is "backed up" by a deep and undeniable presence in the human collective and cultural psyche - in the form of religious lore and prehistoric legends - that aspect of it belongs to the metaphysical, not scientific, domain. Michael Cremo's job is to SUBSTANTIATE the scientific side. If this is done and a theory erected, then this paradigm can be married to its metaphysical counterpart to fashion the biggest revolution in Man's history since "our present" historic era began roughly 5500 years ago in Sumer and Egypt. This, therefore, is not a matter to be treated lightly at all.

    5 out of 5 stars Caution ! PROCEED with CAUTION.......2005-08-30

    No one should be afraid to read this book --- It really worth the time spent, and it certainly is not a boring book. It is easy to read, and you can start at ANY page you wish. But, if you accept a piece of advice to begin, pay special attention to the ONE stars' reviews. I could believe in - two, three, or four stars as being a honest and reliable one, but ONE star, in the case of this book, could mean *WAR*. A desperate attack w/ no TRUE consideration to the value of the book - only defending the Darwinism establishment under siege.

    One could consider that it is not a matter if we agree or disagree, Darwinism is a theory of evolution. Darwinism is a theory only. It is not a fact. Many people believe it is an established, scientific fact. It is not. Scientists have been searching the world over for the missing link, but it has NEVER been found, as the foremost scientists readily admit.

    That is flat, but nevertheless it is the verdict of the foremost scientists of the world today. Darwinism is an accumulation of probabilities without proof, and of attractive explanations without demonstration. Science is experimental. It is changing continually. What it teaches today it discards tomorrow. In the process of change science assumes various temporary forms.

    In this way one could say that some negative reviews are in fact an attempt to STOP people from reading this material. But the more people know about anything the less dictatorial they become on that subject.
    That is why real scientists tread the ground carefully. True science knows its limitations. The great scientists are humble and conservative. They know the difference between theory and fact. They distrust themselves and their findings.
    ------------------------------------
    The authors sould be congratulated, because they spent eight years producing the only definitive, precise, exhaustive and complete record of pratically all the fossil finds of man, regardless of wheter they fit the established scientific theories or not. NO other book of this caliber EXISTS. It should be compulsory reading for every first year biology, archeology and anthropology student and many others, too! The authors` UNIQUE perspective provides postmodern scholars with an invaluable parallax view of historical scientific praxis, debate, and development.
    ------------------------------------
    This volume combines a vast amount of both accepted and controversial evidence from the archeological record with sociological, philosophical, and historical critiques of the scientific method to challenge existing views and expose the suppression of information concerning history and human origins.
    -------------
    SOME say that the Vedic backgroud of the autor is one of the problems. This is absurd, since the book contain no religious arguments of any sort, Hindu-oid or otherwise. But in fact it explains that the time concept of modern archeology, and modern anthropology in general, resembles the general cosmological-historical time concept of Europe`s Judeo-Christian culture, and that modern archeology also shares w/ Judeo-Christian teology the idea that humans appear after the other major species.
    -------------
    Perhaps as a first step our textbooks should be more realistic and honest about what we know and don't know.


    I've decided to give the authors a chance. And ---

    The book reveals that over the past two centuries researchers have found bones and artifacts showing that people like ourselves existed on earth millions of years ago. But the scientific establishment has ignored these remarkable facts because they contradict the dominant views of human origins and antiquity. Cremo and Thompson challenge us to rethink our understanding of human origins, identity, and destiny. And invites us to take a courageous first step towards a new perspective.
    You can find a sample chapter at (mcremo dot com)
    ----------------
    Some consider the purpose of science SHOULD be to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws and the processes of nature.
    ----------------
    OR to serve humanity, explain how things happen. And the quality of that service depends on the person or persons using science.

    "The only statement consistent with her dignity that science can make is to say that she knows nothing about the origin of man." (Modern Biology, p. 480.)

    Are some of us attached to Darwinism for reasons other than really scientific ones?

    ON Darwinism -

    Darwinism is an attempt to explain how one species of plant or animal changed into another altogether distinct and different species. Darwinism, therefore, takes for granted that evolution is a fact, namely, that the various species we see in the world today are transitions from preceding different species.

    Yet today in many of our school text-books students are taught that in accordance with Darwinism man has descended from the monkey. If you call in question their infallibility they will give you a look of pity.

    The author attests that there are TWO kinds of Darwinists. The first is the fundamentalist type and the second more open-minded Darwinists that can give platforms to present diferent views at scientific societies, scientific conferences, and science departments at universities around the world.

    There are some scientists who have reported that Homo habilis (the "handy man") and Australopithecus afarensis ("Lucy") were constructed from bones of two or more species, yet these hominids also do have their supporters.

    Despite the controversy, models of these hominids are in fact STILL displayed in many museums. These exhibits give no hint of the controversy that exists about these creatures in the scientific world. In this way, people are being MISLED.

    Of course, the museums also give no hint of the archeological evidence for extreme human antiquity, the evidence that shows that humans like us existed alongside our supposed ape-man ancestors, like Homo habilis and Australopithecus afarensis.

    A variation of a species is not an essentially different species. And - even if evolution were a fact, Darwinism does not and cannot explain it. The foremost scientists of the world are now agreed that Darwin's theory of natural selection does not work all the times.
    ----------------
    Mr Cremo is not the ONLY person challenging the now dominant Darwinian theory of evolution. That doctrine is now under sustained attack from many directions.
    ----------------
    Some say that supporters of the Darwinist paradigm are now in the beginning stages of a major crisis, as can be judged from the volume of the howls of protest coming from them.

    Indeed, according to philosopher of science, Karl Popper, all scientific theories must be "falsifiable," that is, subject to prediction, testing and falsification. In his book, Conjectures and Refutations, he explains, "There will be well-testable theories, hardly testable theories, and non-testable theories. Those which are non-testable are of no interest to empirical scientists. They may be described as metaphysical."

    "It must be acknowledged that Forbidden Archeology brings to attention many interesting issues that have not received much consideration from historians; and the authors' detailed examination of the early literature is certainly stimulating and raises questions of considerable interest, both historically and from the perspective of practitioners of sociology of scientific knowledge." Jo Wodak and David Oldroyd, in Social Studies of Science, Vol. 26(1), 1996, p. 196.

    ----------------
    ----------------
    According to a statement of a dear friend of mine:
    "As an undergraduate anthropology major, my first physical anthropology course was quite an experience. It was the 1st meeting of the class that is hard to forget. In the midst of jokes there was an unsettling undercurrent. The instructor was not so jovial about one thing: that Darwinian evolution was a FACT and NOT a THEORY. She warned us in no uncertain terms that she would entertain NO questions with regard to the facticity of evolution. What struck me as odd at the time was her tone of exasperation at even the anticipation of an underling wasting her time arguing this 'fact.'"

    "Well, noses run in my family too. I knew, right off the proverbial bat wing, that something smelled fishy, but it took me several years to realize that she was only one of the countless college professors, biologists, science writers, scientific researchers, philosophers, and publishers with a vested psychological, emotional and financial interest in Darwinian evolution. Evolutionary theorists bank on the hope that this theory is too complicated for most of us to fathom, and that we will not ask questions out of fear of appearing ignorant of the supposed facts. More often than not, however, the questions most people have about evolution are very appropriate and intelligent. The truth is, some logic and a little horse sense is really all you need to understand what Darwin was trying to say. It's the mess his followers, so-called neo-Darwinists, have made of it that often takes real patience to decipher"
    ----------------
    ----------------

    For quite the same reasons as above, British astronomer, Sir Fred Hoyle, proponent of the Modern Theory of Panspermia, has mathematically dismissed the chance of evolution being an actual occurrence, arguing that "even if the whole Universe consisted of organic soup ... the chance of producing merely the basic enzymes of life by random processes without intelligent direction would be about 1 over a 1 with 40,000 zeros after it; a probability too small to imagine."

    Hoyle concludes that "Darwinian evolution is most unlikely to get even one polypeptide sequence right, let alone the thousands on which living cells depend for survival."

    -----------------------
    To finish my review ---
    -----------------------
    =>Darwin's Many Errors <=

    Numerous books could be written about Darwin's many errors, and many excellent books have been written.

    Another of Darwin's significant errors was actually the basis for his natural selection hypothesis: that is, the "struggle for existence." Darwin drew an analogy from Thomas Malthus's view of the human "struggle for existence" to animals in the wild, claiming that animals fight for the same "niches." Darwin proposed that due to this struggle animals were forced to evolve into subsidiary forms in order to survive in different niches.

    In fact, as we now know from a profusion of animal studies, animal populations do not conform to this prognosis. As Lee Spetner notes, "Darwin erred in the insight that led him to his theory of evolution.

    Animals do not hug the brink of disaster. Population size is not controlled by starvation, disease or predation. Populations are kept in check ... by intrinsic forces built into the animals themselves."

    There is no struggle for existence in the animal world. This point is also made starkly clear in James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis's GAIA Theory.
    Darwin's second error, according to Spetner, is that if positive mutations occurred often enough, they "may readily become established in the populations."

    As Spetner notes, this has been shown to be wrong. "Darwin erroneously thought that even the smallest improvements would be selected," in individuals and saved in the population like hitting the "saved" button.

    In fact, paleontologist, George Gaylord Simpson, acknowledged that "a single mutation has little chance of staying in the population." Spetner points out a common error in popular Darwinist writings that might lead to this misconception. Darwinists tend to transpose the language of "transmission genetics" (how individuals pass on their genes to descendants) into the language of "population genetics" (how gene frequencies change in a population) without noting that they are talking about two different things.
    =======================================
    (Spetner, 56) Following is a list of just some of the problematic assumptions of the NDT that Spetner magnificently highlights:

    * =>Genetic rearrangements appear to be non-random they occur with precision
    * =>Mutations in higher animals are infrequent
    * =>Rarity of copying errors, low error rates in DNA copying
    * =>NDT allows only the smallest mutation rate. A mutation must be both beneficial and must also add a little bit of information to the genome, but not too much information
    * =>In order to explain all the complexity around us, a mutation must add information. There are no known, clear examples of a mutation that has added information.
    * =>The mutation that leads to the improvement must be a dominant gene, that is, must be expressed in the phenotype even if it's on only one of the two chromosomes that carries the gene. Otherwise, the male and female (if it were a recessive gene) would have to find each other to mate.
    * =>A mutation, even if favorable, has a small chance of establishing itself in the species if it occurs only once. Slight individual improvements have a tendency to disappear in the population.
    * =>Small populations promote the survival of a single gene more than large ones do. This poses a problem for the NDT.
    As Spetner writes, "The events necessary for cumulative selection are much too improbable to build a theory on.

    The events needed for the origin of life are even more improbable."

    Spetner concludes:

    There may be good reasons for being an atheist, but the neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution isn't one of them.
    - Lee Spetner, Not By Chance

    ----------------------------------

    Suggested Reading in - Darwinian Dissent / Intelligent Design / History of Science / Conscious Universe

    *Gregory Bateson, et. al.
    Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred.
    Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences).
    Sacred Unity.

    *Michael Behe, et al.
    Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge To Evolution.
    Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe.

    *David Bohm
    Thought As a System.
    The Undivided Universe.
    Wholeness and the Implicate Order.

    *Deepak Chopra, et. al.
    The Conscious Universe.
    The Cosmic Mind and the Submanifest Order of Being.
    The Quantum Physics of Soul and Spirit.
    Science and Soul: The Survival of Consciousness After Death.

    *Michael Cremo
    Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race (1998)
    The Hidden History of the Human Race (Condensed Edition) (1999)
    Forbidden Archeology's Impact: How a Controversial New Book Shocked the Scientific Community and Became an Underground Classic (1998)
    Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory (2003)

    *William Dembski, et. al.
    The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities.
    The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design.
    How Blind Is the Watchmaker?: Nature's Design

    3 out of 5 stars Reads well, but offers no proof or documentation........2005-02-25

    I bought this book as a research project, actually. Cremo does a fine job with the conclusions about common origin and the involvement of off-worlders in the early development of man, but offers no proof or documentation. I bought the book The Ark of Millions of Years and found what I was looking for.

    Although Cremo's case is compelling, Clark & Agnew do a masterdul job documenting every claim. The key to the creation lost for over 5 thousand years is revealed in the their book from two angles. First, they almost translate the ancient Zohar writings better than any Rabbi I have ever known. Second, they blow everyone else in the genre away with their explanation of Noah's ark.

    If the Christian world knew this, the spirit of their work would catch on fire. The power and breadth of the master tailor of the universe will change the way everything in the universe is viewed today.

    Let me repeat. The Ark of Millions of Years will absolutley astound the creationists and the evolutionists. If you want the best book every written on the subject, bar none, by this one.
    Hidden History of the Human Race
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Hidden History of the Human Race
      Michael A.; Thompson, Richard L. Cremo
      Manufacturer: Torchlight Publishing
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: B000IXXTKW
      Japan's Hidden Apartheid: The Korean Minority and the Japanese
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Japan's Hidden Apartheid: The Korean Minority and the Japanese
        George Hicks
        Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

        GeneralGeneral | Asia | History | Subjects | Books
        JapanJapan | Asia | History | Subjects | Books
        ApartheidApartheid | Race Relations | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
        GeneralGeneral | Race Relations | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
        GeneralGeneral | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
        AnthropologyAnthropology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books | Cultural | Ethnobotany | Ethnology | Evolution | General | History & Philosophy | Physical | Primitive | Religious | Sociobiology
        Discrimination & RacismDiscrimination & Racism | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
        GeneralGeneral | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
        Human RightsHuman Rights | Constitutional Law | Law | Subjects | Books
        All TitlesAll Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
        NonfictionNonfiction | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
        ASIN: 1840141689
        Forbidden Archeology : the Hidden History of the Human Race
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Forbidden Archeology : the Hidden History of the Human Race
          Michael A./ Thompson, Richard L. Cremo
          Manufacturer: Torchlight Pub
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover
          ASIN: B000LZIL14
          Hidden History of the Human Race
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Hidden History of the Human Race
            Michael A. And Richard L. Thompson Gremo
            Manufacturer: Bhakivedanta Book Publishing
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback
            ASIN: B000IXVW6A
            The Hidden History of the Human Race.
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              The Hidden History of the Human Race.
              Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson
              Manufacturer: Bhaktivedanta Book Publishers.
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: B000M69JAY

              Product Description

              Very good condition.

              Books:

              1. Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants in Construction
              2. Handbook Of Batteries
              3. Handbook of Fillers, The Definitive User's Guide and Databook of Properties, Effects and Uses (Materials Science)
              4. Handbook of Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data
              5. Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis (Society of Plastics Engineers Monographs)
              6. History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
              7. History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
              8. History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
              9. History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
              10. History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

              Books Index

              Books Home

              Recommended Books

              1. Wired for Good: Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits
              2. The Laws of Thinking: 20 Secrets to Using the Divine Power of Your Mind to Manifest Prosperity
              3. Illicium, Pimpinella and Foeniculum
              4. Physics: Principles with Applications
              5. New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook: Guided Practice in the Five Basic Skills of Dr
              6. Statistical Orbit Determination
              7. The Bat in My Pocket: A Memorable Friendship
              8. The Great Houses of Natchez
              9. Man in the landscape;: A historic view of the esthetics of nature
              10. Monograph of Ceratocystis and Ceratocystiopsis