Abstract
Opening scenes of prehistoric earth depict craggy plains, animal skeletons, and the primordial sounds of wind and insects. Underfed Pleistocene ape-men congregate on a desert plateau and eat amongst gentle tapirs. Led by Moonwatcher and with much squawking, gesturing, and mock ferocity, the apes successfully defend their territorial waterhole against a rival ape gang. Next morning the awakening ape-men discover that a large rectangular black monolith has mysteriously appeared in the middle of their plateau den. Led by Moonwatcher they tentatively touch, stroke, and caress it.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 422 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
| Journal | Teaching Sociology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 1993 |
Keywords
- film
- science fiction