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What is it? - 65.175.243.206 (talk) 23:02, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
- The film "Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film)" can be viewed, as a trailer (00:30), at => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpMIhmNRsA - or - as the complete film (113:07), at => http://video.pbs.org/video/2365559270/ - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 23:32, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
relevant? Dawn of Man? edit
This paragraph seems to be irrelevant to this article. The paragraph seems relevant to the African Genesis article instead.
"As described in the Dawn of Man, Ardrey's work notably influenced Stanley Kubrick during the writing of 2001: A Space Odyssey. While the idea of an "African Genesis", despite massive initial resistance, has become scientific consensus, some of Dart's and Ardrey's notions on aggression have been contradicted. According to Hirst, the behavior of apes in the "Dawn of Man" sequence of Stanley Kubrick 's film have been "proven false", since such violent apes have now been shown to be "vegetarians" instead" [unsigned, but likely by => CuriousMind01 (talk) 20:33, 9 January 2016 (UTC)]
Done - Restored the earlier original version of the passage - seems to be more relevant to the main article - and better supported by the cited reference.
Copied from the main article:
According to archaeologist K. Kris Hirst, Dawn of Humanity provides "a rich context for the discovery [of the fossils of Homo naledi], setting the historical and evolutionary background so that viewers can understand the significance of the discovery ... [Lee] Berger's charming personality and the hordes of other paleontologists in this video make this contextual effort easily and visually accessible to the public."[1] In addition, according to Hirst, the behavior of apes in the "Dawn of Man" sequence of Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, largely influenced by the notions of Raymond Dart and Robert Ardrey, have been "proven false", since such violent apes have now been shown to be "vegetarians" instead.[1]
References
- ^ a b Hirst, K. Kris (2015). "The Dawn of Humanity - Newly Discovered Homo Naledi Video Review - Accessible Science on the Rising Star Paleolithic Site". About.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
No gloves? edit
Is it common practice the scientist used no gloves while handling the bones, but touched them with their bare hands? --Thewizzy (talk) 19:31, 10 April 2016 (UTC)