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Summary: Someone get a shovel...
Review: As a Christian homeschooler who teaches advanced theories of origin I would not recommend this book. There is good science here, particularly in the original theory on Neanderthal Man, but the overall presentation of the book is technical, disjointed, and sometimes pedantic. The author makes an interesting case that there is a scattered evolution Establishment that suppresses important data, but the attempt to make his professional work a personal drama is overblown. He also makes the mistake of falling into sarcasm and ridicule when discussing his detractors. This book would be better if the theory and its supporting data were more organized and crisply presented and the dramatics left to the margins.
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Summary: Review of the Reviewers
Review: Dr. Colin Groves of the Australian National University wrote a review of Cuozzo's book. Groves does his best to give Dr. Cuozzo his due as an orthodontist who is curious about paleoanthropology. For example, Groves says "His descriptions and basic assessments of the fossils, informed by his training and his skills in the othodontic field, are almost uniformly excellent." However, the interested reader will discover that Groves very effectively knocks over or casts doubt on many of Cuozzo's shocking "facts", including some of Cuozzo's conclusions appearing to be based on misidentifying fossils or describing as fakes some reconstructions that are clearly identified as tentative reconstructions.Perhaps Cuozzo could have made a real contribution, as Groves suggests, but anyone who thinks Cuozzo strikes some telling blows against evolution should get acquainted with Groves's explanations from the other side.
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Summary: Must read for any Evolutionist or Creationist
Review: Having majored Evolutionary Biology in college and completed numerous graduate level courses in evolutionary biology, I can say that without a doubt, this is one of the best arguments against Neanderthal that I have ever read. I had to pull out my old texts and take a look at Broken Hill Man again, as well as many others. I'm even discussing this with an evolutionist friend who is a radiologist. As you can see from the other posts, evolutionist cannot offer anything to discredit Cuozzo. I'm surprised that they did insult his intelligence since they cannot falsify is research or arguments because that's how they normally handle this sort of stuff. This is a great book so don't skip it. It can get technical in a few areas but Cuozzo has a great story to tell even if you cannot follow all of his reasoning and technical jargon. I think they should make every biology 101 student read this one and "Bones of Contention" and let them decided! From someone who has been on the inside, let me tell you that there are a LOT of assumptions. Cuozzo points out a number of these that I think you will find very interesting. They sure didn't teach this stuff in any of my archeology or biology classes!
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Summary: Gripping, fascinating expose of fraud by a courageous scient
Review: How many books on human fossils begin with a dangerous high speed chase through the streets of Paris, complete with mysterious pursuers in sports cars? (If you don't believe me, read chapter one.) What are gripping descriptions of a drive-by shooting and a bizarre murder of an innocent scientist doing in a book on the dull topic of ancient fossil remains? What is this, Indiana Jones Meets James Bond? I had read several of Dr. Cuozzo's technical and popular papers on the subject of human origins, and had high expectations for this book. It exceeds them. What I was not expecting was the ferocity and tactics of evolutionists seeking to suppress the evidence Dr. Cuozzo presents. This is more than a dry book of science. It reveals the all too human side of paleoanthropology. When the famous British scientist, Lord Zuckerman, doubted whether there was much science to be found in the field of human fossil research he was hinting at the degree to which evolutionism, philosophic beliefs and assumptions distort what the public is taught about the evidence. This book is the stuff of which Kuhnian scientific revolutions are made. A poorer explanation of the place of Neanderthal in the human family tree has been replaced by a superior one. Moreover, Cuozzo's findings of degeneration from Neanderthal to modern man mesh well with everything we know from empirical evolutionary biology. (C.f. Dr. Lee Spetner's book, Not by Chance) We are not evolving up from a primordial soup, but rather down from the Garden of Eden.
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Summary: A new look at an old man
Review: Recent first-hand examination of the Neanderthal skulls by orthodontist Jack Cuozzo has provided convincing evidence for a new theory. By using x-ray photography and precise measurements on the original skulls (both of adult and children's specimens), and by interpreting this with over 30 years of practical experience in the field of orthodonics, Cuosso has determined that the distincitive features of Neanderthals were indicitive of slow maturity over an extended lifespan. In other words, the Neanderthals were very old - not in terms of their place in history - but in lifespan: the adults were hundreds of years old at the time of death. It is a little-known fact that the human skull continues to grow, albeit slowly, in adults today. Since both the Earth's environment and the human race have degenerated considerably since Creation, aging brings adaptations and deformities in tissue growth, including that of the facial bones. The distinctive features of the Neanderthals were caused by bone growth subject to the stresses of living hundreds of years in this environment. Although the book is written in a rather rambling style, the research is solid, and the author presents convincing arguments for his case.
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Summary: A new look at an old man
Review: Recent first-hand examination of the Neanderthal skulls by orthodontist Jack Cuozzo has provided convincing evidence for a new theory. By using x-ray photography and precise measurements on the original skulls (both of adult and children's specimens), and by interpreting this with over 30 years of practical experience in the field of orthodonics, Cuosso has determined that the distincitive features of Neanderthals were indicitive of slow maturity over an extended lifespan. In other words, the Neanderthals were very old - not in terms of their place in history - but in lifespan: the adults were hundreds of years old at the time of death. It is a little-known fact that the human skull continues to grow, albeit slowly, in adults today. Since both the Earth's environment and the human race have degenerated considerably since Creation, aging brings adaptations and deformities in tissue growth, including that of the facial bones. The distinctive features of the Neanderthals were caused by bone growth subject to the stresses of living hundreds of years in this environment. Although the book is written in a rather rambling style, the research is solid, and the author presents convincing arguments for his case.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book was about Cuozzo's findings into fraudulent evidence given by mainstream scientists about Neanderthals, his persecutation by them. He also goes into his being harrassed as well as his family, by what may have been employees of the French government to keep him from endandering their profits in the tourist industry in their country which have been misrepresenting the age of ancient artifacts and sites, and preventing access to a certain site.
He also shows clearly that Neanderthals had a long lifespan which directly related to their appearance. To my amazement I recently saw a Discovery channel video in which scientists were in disagreement as to whether or not Neanderthals were fully human or not, and how prejudice against them was similar (or the same?) to racism because of someone's facial features. I wondered if this video was made or put out (without mention of Cuozzo) to try and show mainstream scientists as being fair and healthily debating each other, as opposed to being the frauds that Cuozzo has shown them to be.
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Summary: This book may change the way you look at the world
Review: This is a fantastic scientific book. Other reviewers have said "The author never explains how he knows that Neanderthals are the equivalent of 600 year old humans". This reviewer must not have read the book because Cuozzo goes in depth into his reasoning using such evidence as jaw bone angles, tooth decay, skull growth rates, etc. He has clearly laid out the science, it is NOT unsupported.
Another reviewer says "If the author's speculations were correct he would be recognized and supported by open mind public and by the majority of experts". Is that right? The public is all open minded and the consensus of scientists is infallible? Check the history books!
Don't let these reviewers discourage you from reading this fantastic book. Cuozzo has done a great amount of research on these fossils, and gives a great amount of documentation in the book. This book may change the way you look at the world and humanity.
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Summary: Objective and scientific
Review: This is an excellent book. It is well written, it is NOT a diatribe, and Jack's points are backed up by x-rays, photos, measurements, and of course his first-hand experience. Jack Cuozzo was trained by a very famous forensic anthropologist - W.M. Krogman, who identified the remains of Hitler and Eva Braun. There is no doubt from anyone that Mr. Cuozzo is highly qualified. In fact, he was praised by the same evolutionists who criticized his conclusions (which contradict the theory of human evolution). Dr. Colin Groves said this about Jack: "His descriptions and basic assessments of the fossils, informed by his training and his skills in the othodontic field, are almost uniformly excellent, especially in his concluding 'Research Notes' section." Coming from an evolutionist reviewing a creationists findings, this is obviously high praise. I enjoyed the book immensely. Mr. Cuozzo does discuss the mysterious events and threats that surrounded some of his travels. While they certainly make it sound like he was threatened, there is no 'cloud of paranoia'. Jack Cuozzo merely writes what happened to him, and leaves it up to the reader to decide if there was something going on or not. It certainly makes the book more interesting, and relieves some of the dry scientific tone at times. The best thing about this book is that it challenges the status quo, not with a diatribe, shrill screechings about moral decay, or Bible verses, but with reasoned, careful evidence.
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Summary: No Armor is Impenetrable
Review: Upon viewing the reviews of this book I realized that creationists give it a glowing review while evolutionists lambaste Buried Alive. Some even being as asinine as to give it a poor review without reading the book! It's humorous that non-Christians often call Christians close-minded, especially in light of this, so called "intelligent" person saying that, and I'm paraphrasing, that he hasn't read or will ever read this book. THIS person is the close-minded one.
I believe the Reader tends to get out of this book what they bring into it. For Creationists, it reinforces their beliefs while it boils the blood of the evolutionist. It does this because it displays a kink in Darwin's armor. It shows inconsistencies and problems with the evolutionary theory that paleoanthropologists and evolutionists in general MUST address if they wish to prove evolutionary theory. Ultimately though, it is more than a book about Neanderthal man. It is a book that has serious theological and philosophical underpinnings. While this book doesn't try to prove the existence of God, it does prove that Evolution is not a "Law" and, like Creationism, cannot be proven scientifically. Hopefully this book does at least get the reader to admit that based on the evidence provided in this book, there is a possibility that the Genesis account may be historical fact. And consequently, God exists.
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