The present species of man-Homo Sapiens--developed through a
complex process of natural selection from a large number of different
manlike creatures-hominids.
One of the most numerous of the early hominids was
Australopithecus Africanus who originated in Africa. Although he
also did some hunting, he lived mainly by collecting and eating
vegetables. One of the things that identified him as a man was his
utilization of primitive tools. He had a pointed stone which may
have been used to sharpen sticks, and these sticks were probably
used for digging roots to augment his food supply. Leakey believes
that Homo Habilis, who lived in East Africa about two million
years ago, was the immediate ancestor of man and the most
advanced of all the hominids. Although the hominids spread far
outside of Africa, it is clear that they originate there and that it
was in Africa that true man first emerged. As Darwin predicted a
century ago, Africa has been found to be the father of mankind.
For many thousands of years, Homo Sapiens and the other
hominids lived side by side in Africa as elsewhere.
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