While modern science has disproved this illogical theory of innate superiority through the use of electrophoresis and other such studies, the idea had somehow planted itself in the soil of America and taken root. ... Instead of attributing the Indians with human characteristics, the scientists totally ignored the fact that the "savages" may have created the art, so the question of who the mound builders were occupied the attention of professional archaeologists and other scholars for years. ... Basically, human nature planted the seed and human nature fertilized the idea. ...

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