Playbill

November, 1973

Man, so the saying goes, was invented because God was disappointed with the monkey. This is probably not true, but even if it is, the improvement is dubious. But here we are, for better or for worse, and the fact remains that we evolved from something that was not as handsome, articulate or suave as we are. What, in fact, was this something, this first blushing creature to emerge from the swamp? Nobody knows for sure, but in recent years paleontologists have been making some remarkable breakthro...