When Did the Measles Epidemic Begin among the Yanomami?
from Thomas Headland, written and emailed to USA Today on September 27, 2000, with a few additions in square brackets added on October 3, 2000: Here is my own perspective on the matter, which is independent of the AAA’s view and may not necessarily agree with the AAA: I know it may not be career-enhancing to be a member of the “tribe of the Undecided” (See the “Comment” by L. Morrow on page 22 in the new September 25 issue of Time magazine), but I remain for the moment close to the Wishy-Washy 50-yard line of public opinion on Tierney’s controversial book. I, at least, have read the book [in August], including the 1,599 endnotes in the back (in tiny 6-point type!). The main question I have been asked is, what do I make of the allegations in this book, which is so harshly damning of Chagnon, Neel, and Lizot? I can say this much: Author Tierney is unrelenting in his attempt to go through the garbage. So at least people should approach the book with that in mind. It sees nothing redeeming
