Jack Cuozzo

Jack Cuozzo is a young Earth creationist and orthodontist in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Cuozzo is mainly known for his controversial book "Buried Alive: The startling truth about Neanderthals".

Career and family

He studied at Georgetown University in Biology with a Philosophy minor, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.S., Oral Biology; Certificate of Specialty in Orthodontics from Loyola University/Chicago Graduate School of Dentistry. Cuozzo studied with Francis Schaeffer, a Christian Apologist in Switzerland in 1977. He also served as a dentist aboard the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) for 18 months. [cite news | url=http://jackcuozzo.com/bio.html | title=Official Biography | publisher=jackcuozzo.com |year= 2008 | first= | accessdate =2009-09-19] He is married with five grown children and fourteen grandchildren.

Buried Alive

His book "Buried Alive: The startling truth about Neanderthals" puts forth the assertion that Neanderthals are humans who had lifespans in the hundreds of years. Cuozzo suggests that the different appearance of the Neanderthal skull to the modern man skull is merely a consequence of the high age of the individuals to which the bones belonged. In "Buried Alive", Cuozzo asserts that parts of the human skull continue to grow throughout life, and that continued growth like this over several hundred years would produce extreme changes to the skull that would appear like the Neanderthal skulls. Cuozzo then links this hypothesis to interpretations of the bible where it is believed that there has been a Great Flood and people before and immediately after this Great Flood reached ages of several hundred years (as opposed to other interpretations of the bible where such stories are merely metaphorical)

This view is contradictory to the scientific consensus view on Neanderthal in [Palaeontology] ; no major science journal has published articles on that topic by Cuozzo. Genome mapping of the DNA and mDNA shows differences between the Genome of modern man and Neanderthal that are commonly interpreted as contradicting theories that Neanderthal and modern man interbred, let alone were the same species.

"Buried Alive" contains claims there is a conspiracy to suppress information about Neanderthals and manipulate fossils. [cite news | url=http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/cuozzo_cg.html | title=Review: Buried Alive |publisher=Reports of the National Center for Science Education |date=Jan/Feb 1999 ]

In a book review by Colin Groves, paleoanthropologist and Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University,cite news | url=http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/cuozzo_cg.html | title=Book review: Buried alive: the startling truth about Neanderthal man. |publisher=National Center for Science Education |date=January, 1999| first= | last= | accessdate = 2006-11-04] Groves claims that "the entire first section of the book, fifteen chapters long, is a paean of paranoia".

Groves goes on to state that several of Cuozzo's claims are inconsistent or easily refuted. As examples, Groves points out that the Neanderthal fossils do not show signs of high age (such as worn off teeth) or that fossils of child Neanderthals already show the cranial differences.

Groves attributes "obvious competence as a forensic anthropologist" to Cuozzo. Cuozzo has responded to Groves by mostly repeating the claims of his book. [ [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/cuozzoreply.html Dr. Jack Cuozzo responds to Dr. Colin Groves] ]

In addition there is a critique on Cuozzo's work by Chris Stringer, Professor of Palaeontology, at the Natural History Museum, London [cite news | url=http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/stringercuozzo.html | title=Chris Stringer responds to Jack Cuozzo |publisher=talk.origins |date=June 12, 2003 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2006-11-04] Stringer claims that two additional bone findings of Cuozzo are in fact not bones, and that claims from "Buried Alive" that there has been tampering with data and fossils, are wrong. Cuozzo has post a response on his website. [ [http://jackcuozzo.com/swanscombe3.html A reply by Dr. Jack Cuozzo to the critique of Buried Alive] , jackcuozzo.com]

Publications

Books
*"Buried Alive: The Startling Truth About Neanderthal Man". (1998) Master Books ISBN 0890512388
*"Captured Alive: By the Devil in France". (2003) Master Books ISBN 1414100515

Contributions
*" "The Neandertal Adolescent Le Moustier 1 (Band 12) New Aspects, New Results" (Staatliche Museum in Berlin, edited by Herbert Ullrich)
*"When Christians roamed the earth" (Masterbooks)
*"In Six Days - Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation" (Masterbooks)

References

External links

* [http://www.jackcuozzo.com/ Jack Cuozzo] – Official website
* [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/stringercuozzo.html Chris Stringer responds to Jack Cuozzo] from talk.origins
* [http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/bios/j_cuozzo.asp Dr. Jack Cuozzo] from Answers in Genesis