Re: hominid time-line?

Richard Spear (rspear@PRIMENET.COM)
Mon, 23 Jan 1995 09:01:32 -0700

James - Skullduggery(sp?) sells a poster (running bottom to top) that
displays what you are looking for ... don't have the number with me, but
if you need it let me know.

Regards, Richard
rspear@primenet.com


On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, James Shreeve wrote:

> For an illustration in a forthcoming book, I am looking for an
> historical example of a "time line" of human evolution, depicting
> hominid species becoming progressively more human from left to
> right. Ideally, but not necessarily, the time-line would start with
> *afarensis*, end with Cro-Magnon, include a robust
> australopithecine "fork," and show a pronounced anatomical and/or
> cultural change between "Neandertal Man" and Cro-Magnon. I'm not
> looking for something that attempts to accurately reflect any
> particular interpretation of human phylogeny. What I'm after is an
> old-fashioned, more or less linear progression of ancestors ending in
> noble Us. Surprisingly, I haven't been able to find a good example of
> this in popular books or magazines or anthro texts. If anyone could
> send me a reference, I'd be much obliged. Thanks James Shreeve.
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