re: #571 zombie

(as I recall from my anthropology courses — it was Franz Boas who revolutionized the field of anthropology — he left a lasting influence in North America. Boas differed radically from his “Continental contemporaries.” judged from today’s standards, Boas’s enemies were racists…frequently espousing views that cultures evolved — from primitive to sophisticated — Boas would have none of that — the whole thing about “cultural relativism” came from Boas…anyway, there are Wiki articles on Boas, and his enormous/profound/lasting (very humane understandings) in the field of Anthropology in North America (his views were not accepted by European academics)…