The Controversial Carleton Coon

摘要

Carleton S. Coon (1904a??1981) was a Curator and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania until his retirement in 1963. He had a colorful personality; he did not believe that scholars should be stuffy or pompous. That made him a fan-favorite on the Museum’s What in the World? television show. Coon was one of the last “generalist” anthropologistsa??proficient in archaeology, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology. His main areas of study were human prehistory and issues related to race.