Carleton S. Coon

In last month’s issue, Harvard historian Donald Fleming, in his article ”On Living in a Biological Revolution,” ventured a contemplative summary of recent scientific discoveries that bring us closer to “the manufacture of man.”That this scientific ambition is controversial, on both scientific and humanistic grounds, is amply borne out by these comments, all written in response to the Fleming article by men distinguished for their own work in genetics or related fields.

CARLETON S. COON,distinguished physical anthropologisl and author of the highly successful STORY OF MAN, gives a fresh and penetrating analysis of what we know about the origins and significance of race and the human species. Dr. Coon, curator of ethnology at the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania since 1948, has written a new book, THE SEVEN CAVES, published early this year by Knopf.