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African Genesis: A Personal Investigation into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man, usually referred to as African Genesis, is a 1961 nonfiction work by the American writer Robert Ardrey. It posited the hypothesis that man evolved on the African continent from carnivorous, predatory ancestors who distinguished themselves from apes by the use ...
Apr 10, 2012 · African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man. Robert Ardrey. 4.01. 317 ratings39 reviews. “Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born.” So opens Robert Ardrey's earthshaking 1961 classic African Genesis, his first professional foray into the scientific realm.
Aug 11, 2011 · African Genesis is at once the story of an unprecedented personal search and a story of man that had never before been told. It is a shocking book in that it challenges assumptions of human uniqueness that color every segment of modern thought and every aspect of our daily life.
Sep 2, 2014 · All revealed roots in our most ancient animal beginnings and parallels in primate societies. African Genesis is at once the story of an unprecedented personal search and a story of man that had...
The ‘killer ape’ hypothesis, popularised in Robert Ardrey ’s book African Genesis, contended that an inherent violence in early hominids propelled the evolution of our lineage. Australopithecus africanus was conceptualised as a murderous species, members of which regularly cannibalised other hominids and curated their heads as trophies.
The discovery of the first species of African hominin, Australopithecus africanus, from Taung, South Africa in 1924, launched the study of fossil man in Africa. New discoveries continue to...
Apr 5, 2012 · In this chapter we examine new anatomical and genetic evidence that addresses one way this could be the case, a unique recent African origin for living humanity (meaning that all living humans descend from recent Africans and only descend from recent Africans, by species replacement).
