Dogon Star Map, Science Literacy, Science Anti-God? Role Models

From: Skeptic | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Fletcher, John G; Myers, Jennifer McIlwee; Sullivan, Mike; Gulliford, Don M | Copyright information

Dogon Mystery Still Unsolved

I wonder if perhaps SKEPTIC may have stubbed its toe regarding Liam McDaid's article on the Dogon tribe's astronomy skills (Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 40). About two decades ago the PBS television series NOVA addressed the same story in a good overall debunking feature that included the Bermuda Triangle, Chariots of the Gods, Nazca plains, UFO landing sites, etc. Then, however, NOVA concluded by asking viewers to consider a valid mystery, the Dogon, but from a much...

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