2024-06-18 00:49:58
The attached sources in the proposed community note primarily level claims of plagiarism and racism against author Keith Windschuttle and not the author Robert Edgerton being referenced in the original post. Please include sources relevant to your claims. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-0-10) Author
2024-06-18 01:54:19
The claims made in the book have widely been debunked and dismissed by the anthropology community due to heavy colonial bias in the novel. Indigenous Tasmanians were able to create fire and had a complex society long before colonisation. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(53-2-11) Author
2024-06-18 08:15:23
The info in this post is wholly reliant on 6 pages in a 1992 book that rely on one author, Jones, whose work is justly criticised for poor evidence. Giving up fish? Weird but unlikely. Forgetting how to make fire? Bizarre claim. [Link] Wikipedia has better, newer sources. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(18-6-2) Author