The Simian Basis of Human Mechanics or Ape to Engineer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3781447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Earnest A Hooton (0009-0001-4026-4815, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 46 |
| Pages | 196-209 |
| Publication date | 1938-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00013673 |
| OpenAlex | W2491856374 |
| Language | EN |
My subject should not be construed by the refined as a malicious innuendo, nor by the vulgar(unrepresented here, of course) as a ' dirty dig '. The transition from ape to engineer is from the ridiculous to the sublime-or, at any rate, from a little short of one to a little short of the other. This handsome statement must serve as my panegyric on mechanical science. As an anthropologist, I am perturbed by the fact that human invention has outstripped man's organic development, and his control of nature his control of himself. So I propose to discuss the organic basis of mechanical achievement and the cause of man's physical and social lag in relation to his material progress
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Relation (database) · Ridiculous · Statement (logic) · Subject (documents) · Sublime · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Science Education and Perceptions · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |