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''African Genesis'' and ''The Territorial Imperative'', Robert Ardrey's most widely read works, as well as Desmond Morris 's '' The Naked Ape '' (1967), were key elements in the Public Discourse of the 1960s which challenged earlier anthropological assumptions. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY As a Science Writer for the informed non-specialist reader in Paleoanthropology , which encompasses Anthropology , Ethology , Paleontology and Human Evolution , Robert Ardrey was among the proponents of the Hunting Hypothesis and the "killer ape" theory. Ardrey postulated that precursors of Australopithecus survived millions of years of drought in the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, as the Savannah spread and the Forest s shrank, by adapting the hunting ways of Carnivorous species. Changes in Survival Techniques and Social Organisation gradually differentiated pre-humans from other Primate s. Concomitant changes in diet potentiated unique developments in the Human Brain . The Killer Ape Theory posits that Aggression , a vital factor in Hunting Prey for food, was a fundamental characteristic which distinguished prehuman ancestors from other primates. These themes have also been investigated in Academia by, among others:
Researchers Some of the scientists whose Research particularly informed Robert Ardrey's scientific investigations, and with several of whom Ardrey consulted at length while developing his four major works in Africa from the 1940s through the 1970s , include:
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PERSONAL Robert Ardrey was the son of Robert Leslie Ardrey, an editor and publisher, and the former Marie Haswell. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago, where his Mentor was Thornton Wilder . Ardrey was married to Helen Johnson, whom he met at the University, from 1938 until they divorced in 1960 . They had two sons, Ross and Daniel. Ardrey married the South African Stage Actress Berdine Grunewald, who later Illustrated his books, in 1960. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS ;General ;Plays and screenplays
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