Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?

On 08.05.24, Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

So I?m making my way through The Best of L Sprague de Camp, and I
just (re)read ?The Gnarly Man?. It made me wonder ... well, first a
quick summary for context:

This story was written in 1939 and is set in 1956. It?s about an
immortal Neanderthal - basically he stopped aging around the age of
33. He most definitely looks the part, and he?s intelligent,
articulate, knowledgable, knows dozens of languages, etc etc etc,

[...]

And this made me wonder:
Given his obvious physical differences, and with modern technology
and communication being what it is, are there ways he could he stay a
member of modern society and also avoid attention?

Modern reconstructions of Neanderthals wouldn't have them stand out at 
all.

Tony, having some initial thoughts, but curious about yours

[2] He also invented soup, by necessity, since his teeth wore out and
he hadn?t invented false teeth yet.

With your description of the book (which I don't know), I'm now 
wondering how his teeth wore out, but not the rest of his body.

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Mickmane