Plant Evidence for Contact Between Africa and the New World
Claims for contact between the Old World and the New World often involve the diffusion
Bernard Ortiz de Montellano
Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University; founding member of Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science and author of Aztec Medicine, Health, and Nutrition
Multiculturalism, Cult Archaeology, and Pseudoscience
Abstract: Aspects of Afrocentrism have great similarity to cult archaeology and scientific creationism as described previously in this volume. This chapter will briefly describe some Afrocentric claims and discuss why they are erroneous. It will also describe the similarity of the authors’ techniques, methods, and motivations to those of “scientific” creationists and cult archaeologists and propose some reasons for why these claims persist and spread.
Comments on Pitfalls in Multicultural Science Education
All there many “ways of knowing”? Are magic and religon superior to science?
Spreading Scientific Illiteracy Among Minorities – Part II: Magic Melanin
Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 1992, pp 162-166 Reproduced with permission Afrocentric beliefs
Evolution and Multiculturalism
Note: This is the outline of an invited paper, “Multicultural Evolution,” that I gave at
Spreading Scientific Illiteracy Among Minorities – Part I: Multicultural Pseudoscience
Skeptical Inquirer Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall 1991, pp 46-50 Reproduced with permission There is