Evolution quotes #3

Some of the greats of paleoanthropology in the 1920s and 1930s,

"considered themselves to have written scientific analyses of human evolution, they had in fact been telling stories. Scientific stories, to be sure, but stories nevertheless."

Roger Lewin (noted science journalist), Bones of Contention (New York, NY: A Touchstone Book published by Simon & Schuster Inc., 1987), p. 32

For various examples, see: Atheist and Darwinian Science and Story Telling