Earnest Hooton Quotes

• History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened.

  Earnest Hooton

  History, Events, Ought

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• Whatever may be the sociological value of the legal fiction that 'all men are born free and equal,' there can be no doubt that...in its biological application, at any rate, this statement is one of the most stupendous falsehoods ever uttered by man through his misbegotten gift of articulate speech.

  Earnest Hooton

  Men, Race, Doubt

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• Nada es más detestable para el antropólogo físico que... la miserable costumbre de incinerar a los muertos. No sólo supone un derroche pródigo de costoso combustible y excelente fertilizante, sino también la destrucción completa de datos históricos físicos. Por otro lado, la costumbre de embalsamar y momificar es muy loable y recomendable.

  Earnest Hooton

  Hands, Data, Historical

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• In order to survive, an animal must be born into a favoring or at least tolerant environment. Similarly, in order to achieve preservation and recognition, a specimen of fossil man must be discovered in intelligence, attested by scientific knowledge, and interpreted by evolutionary experience. These rigorous prerequisites have undoubtedly caused many still-births in human palaeontology and are partly responsible for the high infant mortality of discoveries of geologically ancient man.

  Earnest Hooton

  Conocimiento, Ciencia, Animal

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