Oh Google what an interesting `tool` you are. I typed in
gay caveman and proceeded to read, `Has the first gay caveman been unearthed?` (Globe and Mail 2011). I can follow the lead researchers speculation that having interpreted x number of graves, she can conclude that this particular inhumation is different however, a reader not in association with anthropology jargon and practice would not know of the scholarly work behind excavations and the processes of getting published.
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| Gay Caveman. Prague, Czech Republic. |
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Gay Caveman
The Globe and Mail should have presented an article that contained more attention to detail. Instead the article proceeded to lure 157 people to post comments concerning this article-some that made me laugh hard and others that were blocked due to their offensive nature. While we can only speculate as to the sexual orientation of this individual, the manner in which this article was drafted made for a "these are the facts", document that is a mockery of the field of archaeology and to the larger discipline of Anthropology. Below are a few of the comments that either made me laugh or I thought were interesting;
yves couture
11:05 AM April 8, 2011
Is such "outing" of an unwilling cave man politically correct?
biologist
10:35 AM on April 8, 2011
I think it's an interesting theory. It could also be he chose not to become a warrior, or was developmentaly delayed (something not obvious from bones) and was best put to work in the home?
10:50 AM on April 8, 2011
good lord. maybe the guy enjoyed cooking. this panders to the mindset that gay men cannot be effective soldiers or that every man who expresses a smidgen of artistic talent is effete.stoopid people. whatever happened to fact based judgement.
12:01 PM on April 8, 2011
Was his grave well decorated? *That* would be a telling clue.
10:59 AM on April 8, 2011
I used to call cons cavemen because of their homophobic attitudes but now I see that I am wrong to have done that. Even cave people treated gays and lesbians with respect that present day cons don't extend to others. I wish for the end of the religious zealots and the ideologically impaired.
OverWatcher
11:24 AM on April 8, 2011
...First gay archaeologist unearthed by a caveman...
It MUST be a slow period in archaeology
References
Stuhler, Elli. (2011). Has the first gay caveman been unearthed. Globe and Mail.Available at; http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/has-the-first-gay-caveman-been-unearthed/article1976257/ Accessed February 28, 2012.
(2011). The oldest gay in the village: 5,000 year old is 'outed' by the way he was buried. Available at; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1374060/Gay-caveman-5-000-year-old-male-skeleton-outed-way-buried.html Accessed March 30, 2012
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