Neanderthals and Scientific Racism Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Anthropologist Carleton Coon measures Maurice Tillet's head with calipers, Feb. 23, 1940. His theories have since been disproven as pseudo-scientific racism. ( AP Images / AP Images ) Hosted by Brooke Gladstone Produced by WNYC Studios