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Subject: Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 07:56:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 07 May 2024 15:39:38 -0400, Tony Nance 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.

Looking at the Wikipedia entry, it makes me wonder at how many
times, over the years, the story's been anthologized. What's the world's
record holder for this phenomenon?