Undigested fossils

"Antiquity of Man" by Michael Brass is a sceptical book responding to Michael Cremo's and Richard Thompson's "Forbidden Archaeology", a controversial work claiming that humanity is considerably older than recognized by modern science. Brass is a South African archaeologist. "Antiquity of Man" seems to be self-published, and the author is otherwise unknown. Although Cremo's and Thompson's book is something of an underground classic, most archaeologists and palaeontologists don't take it seriously. Indeed, Brass' book seems to be the only one that attempts to respond to "Forbidden Archaeology". Unfortunately, his little book looks like a raw manuscript, peppered with undigested facts about various hominid fossils. I agree with Bass' main arguments against Cremo and Thompson, two members of the Hare Krishna movement whose book is written from a somewhat exotic creationist perspective. Some have dubbed it "Krishna creationism". However, due to the unedited character of Bass' book, I'm afraid I can only give it two stars.