Talk:Grafton Elliot Smith

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The words: "a smell dominated insectivore stage of jumping shrew-type" make little sense to me. Please can someone who understands what this is all about correct this. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.188.98 (talk) 10:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC) I have improved the text slightly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.171.34 (talk) 14:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Millar
Millar implied that Grafton Elliot Smith might have faked Piltdown Man. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.171.34 (talk) 14:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

-As did Micheal Cremo. This may warrant further study. researchALLwars 06:40, 12 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ResearchALLwars (talk • contribs)

The finger for this hoax is usually pointed at its discoverer, Charles Dawson, based in part on some 1950's comments by former associates. Jwilsonjwilson (talk) 21:57, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Hyperdiffusion
"The concept of hyperdiffusionism is now referred to by more neutral terms (when referring to the Americas) such as Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact."

It strikes me as a bit hyperbolic to equate preColumbian transoceanic contacts with hyperdiffusionism. There seems to be little dispute about the transient presence of Norsemen at L'anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland circa 1000AD (for instance), yet nobody posits this as evidence that all (or even any) culture in the Americas is derived from the Vikings.

It would make much more sense to equate postColumbian transoceanic contacts with hyperdiffusionism. Jwilsonjwilson (talk) 21:24, 30 August 2014 (UTC)