The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... wrestle. These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively sub-titled "The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male." McAllister sets out his stall in the opening sentence of the prologue. "If you're reading this then you -- or the male you have bought it...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... “the sorriest cohort of masculine Homo sapiens to ever walk the planet.’’That’s the verdict of Peter McAllister, in his new book Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male. He argues Usain Bolt would have only been an average runner amongst prehistoric aborigines, while Arnold Schwarzenegger would have lost an arm wrestle to any Neanderthal woman. Worse, McAllister...
Audacity Of Hypocrisy & Deception (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Oct 23, 2009 — Whatever happened to survival of the fittest? Our ancestors were much stronger, says the author of a new book on anthropology. PhysOrg reported on a book by Peter McAllister that says today’s males don’t measure up physically to their counterparts even a century ago, let alone those in the Roman empire [...]
Anthropology.net (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Two interesting articles that went into my inbox today: Modern man a wimp says anthropologist and Darwin Lives! Modern Humans Are Still Evolving. A cover illustration from Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister’s new book entitled “Manthropology” and sub-titled “The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male.” Photo from REUTERS/Hachette Publishing/Handout....
Everything Dinosaur (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... and against other species on the Hominid family tree, that is the claim by the anthropologist Peter McAllister in his new book entitled "Manthropology: The Science of Inadequate Modern Man". Whilst we can understand some of the headline grabbing information provided in the various press releases to publicise the launch of this particular book, once an understanding of certain hominid...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
In his new book Manthropology, Peter McAllister argues that human physical strength and endurance have deteriorated over time. John Mehaffey writes for Reuters: Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 [...]
forward movement (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
That’s what you’ve evolved into, if you’re a bloke, according to “Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male.” Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister explains ancients and primitives, from Roman legionnaires to 40,000-year-old aboriginals to Neanderthals could outrun, out heft, out jump and generally kick your ass. Even a Neanderthal sheila...
Gerry Charlotte Phelps (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
At Rueters today, by John Mehaffey. (Look it up, just to see the illustration.) Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister's new book "Manthropology: the Science of the Inadequate Modern Male" has just made these assertions, based on his studies: Many prehistoric Australian...
Terribly Write (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The worst writing errors on Earth aren’t in this article on Yahoo! Shine. But the article, about anthropologist Peter McAllister, makes some pretty basic errors that destroy its credibility. It starts by misspelling the subject’s name: A missing hyphen here isn’t the worst offence: But the misspelled name (again!) and a missing word here might be: All these errors aren’t...
AskMen.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
You are the biggest pussy in history. In fact, let's go even further: without a doubt, you are the most pathetic weakling in history and prehistory.If you haven’t already broken your computer screen to prove us wrong, we’re all bigger wimps than any man in time. According to Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister in his brand new book Manthropology, many prehistoric Australian aboriginals...
