Quote of the day
A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
Carleton S. Coon
Born: June 23, 1904
Died: June 3, 1981 (aged 76)
Bio: Carleton Stevens Coon was an American physical anthropologist, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, lecturer and professor at Harvard University, and president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
Known for:
- The Races of Europe (1939)
- The Origin of Races (1962)
- Caravan: The Story of the Middle East (1951)







