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Softened by technology, and weaker and slower than our prehistoric forebears, modern men are ‘the sorriest cohort’ of males in history, according to a new book

WHEN COMPARED with our male predecessors, modern man is a wuss. That’s according to a new book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister, called Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male. McAllister is unapologetic in his assessment of modern male shortcomings, which he has identified by studying fossil remains. Summarising his findings in the opening pages, he says:“If you’re reading this then you – or the male you have bought it for – are the worst man in history. No ifs, no buts – the worst man, period . . . As a class we are in fact the sorriest cohort of masculine Homo sapiensto ever walk the planet.”