Talk Report
HUMAN ORIGINS – Professor John Compton A light moment came at the close of John Compton’s talk when Jan proposing a vote of thanks announced ‘Now at last I know where I come from!’. We are not the pinnacle of evolution. Although we have special traits, all life forms are special. Our human origins go back over 5 million years. Today our world population is about 7 billion. Originally there were 3 or 4 species of bipedials inhabiting the earth, now only homo sapiens, namely ourselves who walk on two feet. There was Paranthropus –…read more