THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, June 2, 1996                  TAG: 9605310019
SECTION: COMMENTARY              PAGE: J2   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Book Review 
SOURCE: BY BARRETT R. RICHARDSON
                                            LENGTH:   17 lines

EXPLORER'S QUEST FOR THE PRIMITIVE GIVES HIM INSIGHTS ON THE EARTH

GREEN WAS THE EARTH ON THE SEVENTH DAY

THOR HEYERDAHL

Random House. 308 pp. $27.50.

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