Tag: apelike

  • 100 years of human origin research is celebrated outside of Africa

    100 years of human origin research is celebrated outside of Africa

    An Australian anatomist, Raymond Dart, had spotted two men on the drive of his home in Dmanisi, Johannesburg, in November 1924 with two large boxes. Dart said that he noticed two men and a woman “stalling up” the drive. Dart’s description was of a species that was more apelike than humanlike, suggesting that humanity’s evolutionary…