At 10:40 AM 12/04/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Can't help you, but what a great quote!  Being a curatorial type, not an
>archeologist, could you tell me who Bjorn Kurtin is/was?  Thanks!
>
>Vivian Lea Stevens
 
Vivian:
 
I'm told I spelled his name wrong; it should be Bjorn Kurten, and he was a
Finnish vertebrate paleontologist, and I'm told very well respected. I
admit I hadn't heard of him until this friend of mine provided the quote
for me, but I have since learned that Kurten also wrote some very popular
paleo-fiction stuff. It is a great quote, and I'm not denying I won't use
it for a "quote of the week" of my website <g>, but it would be a pity of
my friend can't use it.
 
kris
Kris Hirst
Office of the State Archaeologist
The University of Iowa
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