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last I remember, he was suggesting the first known agricultural peoples were influenced by survivor(s?) of some kind of lost civilisation in the Americas somewh
by permo-w 4y ago
last I remember, he was suggesting the first known agricultural peoples were influenced by survivor(s?) of some kind of lost civilisation in the Americas somewhere. what does that have to do with race?
do you think it's possible that you're seeing things through an overly racial lens?
- thechao 4y agoNope. The actual archeological community has called him out over the years. I’m assuming he’s in it for the money. https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2022/12/ancient-apocalypse-summary-of-the-series-from-a-professional-pov/ Here’s Feagans about page: https://ahotcupofjoe.net/about-2/ I heard about Hancock pandering the show from Ed Barnhart’s podcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Barnhart
- KMag 4y agoThe first link cites Fingerprints of the Gods, chapter 14 as racist, but doesn't give any quotations. I haven't read any of Hancock's books, and I have far better things to do with my time (apparently, among them, browsing HN). If he's really making clearly racist statements, it would be good to see the quotes. If one needs to read the whole chapter to see the racism in some holistic interpretation, then perhaps there's a lot of ambiguity there. I've seen video clips of Hancock here and there, and he strikes me as a smart guy who gets a kick of fooling average people. However, none of the clips I've seen seems racist.