"A Healed Femur"

[med_cat]

I was listening to a great recorded presentation about history of nursing, and Margaret Mead's (supposed) remark about the first sign of civilization being a healed femur, etc. was mentioned and discussed.

I remembered reading about it a while back and posting it here and to LJ, and several people here making some excellent comments. So I went to find my entry (which is here on DW, if you want to look at comments, etc.)

However, Google search found something else; I will share it with the lecturer--

Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?, from Sapiens.org, in 2022

An anthropologist digs into the origins of a popular story attributed to Margaret Mead about the original sign of civilization.

Do take a look...

Comments

[minoanmiss]

makes a note

[med_cat]

:)

[full_metal_ox]

A case could be made that humans are the only species to feel the need to insist upon their own exceptionalism.

(As far as we know. So far.)

[med_cat]

True