Interesting Animation - Ascent of Man

February 28, 2008

Hmm! I like how the history of technology is represented, not sure what the ending means, and can’t quite figure out how he went from ape to white, and do wonder if there is such a thing of ascent of humans, or dare i say womyn will ever apprear, but alas, all those questions aside it is an intersting clip.

Via: Drawn! the Illustration and Cartooning Blog

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  1. “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex” is Darwin’s 1871 follow-up to “Origin of the Species” (1859).

    In 1874, Ernst Haeckel published the famous drawing :
    http://www.helsinki.fi/~pjojala/Haeckelevolutionof_man.jpg

    which has been reinterpreted numberous times, including Busetto’s Ascent of Man:
    http://www.kheper.net/evolution/ascentofman.html

    The NFB vid was a take on the New Yorker cover:
    http://www.cartoonbank.com/item/123964

    and here is another take on it:
    http://www.bx.psu.edu/makova_lab/Images/evol.gif

    Comment by hugh — February 28, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

  2. Thanks Hugh! Shesh! I am not likin’ the progress depicted in that last one! Haeckel’s drawings are truly exquisite! The thinking these early savants did was unbelievable!

    Comment by Administrator — March 1, 2008 @ 8:16 pm

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