2001: A Space Odyssey :: 2001

2001 A Space Odyssey Three million B.C. The gunpowder for a smashing evolutionary hit was amassing for a long time, but the necessary spark came from an outside help, which soon set the whole world ablaze. From this heated inferno, came the most proficient species ever to grace the planet. And in a flash man has to be prepared for what comes next. Arthur C. Clarke skillfully proves the train that truth is stranger than fiction in his remarkable book - 2001 A Space Odyssey. He also carefully examines the point that in spite of their intelligence and curious mind, domain lack the capacity to be a complete species on their own. Without the assistance of concerned alien species benignants would never had climbed the evolutionary ladder. Devoid of the outside help they wouldnt had escaped their self made prison, explored the enormity of the universe and known their place in it. If earth were a field and evolution a farmer then the leading and the healthiest crop in his field would be the human or homo sapiens. But this human race would never had flourished into an above average species without assistance from outer space friends. The aliens initialized the primary phase of the advancement process about three million historic period ago. They did this by means of a monolith, planted on earth on a fateful night. The monolith probed the ape-mans (Austrapethicas Erectus) mind, studied their reactions and finally evaluated their potential. By carefully conducted experiments the monolith altered the molecular(a) makeup of the ape-mans brain making them smarter and providing them with the necessary skills needed to survive in the hostile world. The ape-man changed its shape and size evolving into a new and improved species. It was a slow, cumulative process, and at its end was man. Therefore, without the assistance of helpful extra terrestrial friends, ape-man would never had developed the dexterity to compete for life sustaining rations with rival species and would credibly had suffered the same fate as the overgrown lizards. But evolutions success story has constructed tools that have become too hard for even him to handle. After centuries of enhancement, humans were transform into a leading species, but he gradually turned into a plant that wraps around another plant for support and survival needs.