How Man Began
Fossil bones from the dawn of humanity are rewriting the story of evolution
March 14, 1994
Cover Story Excerpt:
No single, essential difference separates human beings from other animals — but that hasn't stopped the phrasemakers from trying to find one. They have described humans as the animals who make tools, or reason, or use fire, or laugh, or any one of a dozen other appealing oversimplifications. Here's one more description for the list, as good as any other: Humans are the animals who wonder, intensely and endlessly, about their origin...Read the full story