Carleton S. Coon

Carleton Stevens Coon (23 June 1904 – 3 June 1981) was a American physical anthropologist and race realist best remembered for his scientific works on race. He fought a losing battle against the rise of Boasian anthropology and race denialism and is consequently often negatively misrepresented by the victors now dominating American anthropology.

Works

Science:

• Tribes of the Rif, 1931)
• The Races of Europe (1939)
• The Story of Man (1954)
• Caravan: the Story of the Middle East (1958)
• The Origin of Races (1962)
• Races: A Study of the Problems of Race Formation in Man
• The Hunting Peoples
• Anthropology A to Z (1963)
• Living Races of Man (1965)
• Seven Caves: Archaeological Exploration in the Middle East
• Mountains of Giants: A Racial and Cultural Study of the North Albanian Mountain Ghegs
• Yengema Cave Report (his work in Sierra Leone)
• Racial Adaptations (1982)

Fiction and Memoir:

• Flesh of the Wild Ox (1932)
• The Riffian (1933)
• A North Africa Story: Story of an Anthropologist as OSS Agent (1980)
• Measuring Ethiopia
• Adventures and Discoveries: The Autobiography of Carleton S. Coon (1981)