Klinta's Reviews > The Savage Stone Age

The book was interesting, some jokes better than other. It had some fun facts in it that I didn’t know or had forgotten, so that was really cool to read about.

Nevertheless, I had a problem with the author's continuous explanations that one is wrong and the other thing is right. He even used the words “stupid archeologists” describing a group of people who tried to prove something they believed in, but weren’t successful (and someone else proved them wrong).

It might have been meant to be a lighthearted remark, but it struck me as cold and evil. Many of the things that are presented as truths are actually guesses, it is mentioned even in the text “The guess is…”

And that is obvious, because we still find artefacts, bones, fossils etc. and learn new things about our past. So I don’t find it correct to say that something is the (only) right thing (especially if it is a guess) and don’t think that people with older ideas and research deserve bashing. If something is considered to be truth at the moment, you don’t have to all the other theories in the field - some might be true AS WELL - come on, it is history.

The book is quite harsh on religion too, I am not religious, but I think that some of the comics went a bit far.