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Stephen Jay Gould accused of fudging numbers
In a moderate tone that belies the seriousness of their allegations, a group of anthropologists last week made the case that the giant of evolutionary biology, historian of science, much-loved author and Harvard professor Stephen Jay Gould, had falsified criticisms of skull measurements originally reported by 19th century American physician Samuel Morton.
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