40 - Wednesday, February 6, 1991 - North Shore News HE PUBLICATION of Charnes Danvin’s Ori- gin of Species in 1859, although not the first work to advance a theory of evolution through natural selection, captured public attention as had none ot its predecessors (in fact the first edition is reputed to have sold out in a single day). Darwin's theones, rudimentary as they were, raised not only the question of human development, but also a rather logical Corotlary: what might our species become? Archaeologists, anthropologists and keen amateur slouths have SPORTSCOAT CLEARANCE A look back at everyone’s roots MIKE STEELE book review grappled with the tormer es cr since, advancing theories ot human evolution often more tan- citub than factual: the tuture wes wisely dent to the devices of fiction writers, includes Sears, Oakton and Tradition... great looks to build a wardrobe on. Hurry! 99.9 y Each MENS SUIT CLEARANCE includes Sears, Oakton, Boulevard Club and Tradition in a Fall and Winter selection. Qversizes may de avaiable al an additional cnarge DRESS SHIRT CLEARANCE Don't miss this chance for yarn-dyed stripes, tone-on-tone and broadcloth. Each 9.99-14.99' Selection vanes by store SHOP IN PERSON ‘Prices advertised or displayed do not include GST or applicable Provincial Tax Over 140 years later white afl the stages of hunrankind’s evolu hone intierary have pot heen dacoverced: the patsaw puzzle of human wandenny bas tar tower MISSING PIECES. stl, the fascination this persena epte has for us tas great today as tvs during the last centurs which wm why. this week well be looking at three new books thet address our species” poreniuna- trans: where we have been - and even where we might be going. The discovery ot a small tomate homunid ca fossil ancestor of eurs? in Atrica in 1974 fred imaginations atound the globe. Nicknamed bucy. 0 she would do more to personalize the search for hunian ongins Than any discovery betore UF SIC EY Perhaps twas that sample act ot attabutng a modern same to the remarkable skeletal remains that transtommed her into a someone rather than merely something, Dut Lucy became a household name and the cause of much conpeqture. What was tre like tor Lucy and her contemporaries well over three million years ago? How did they live — and die? What was the climate fike, what did they cat, in store. PRICES IN EFFECT WHILE QUANTITIES LAST SEARS your money's worth...and more NORTH VANCOUVER, Capilano Mall, open daily 9:30-5:30, Thurs. and Fri. ti! 9, Sun. noon to 5 p.m., phone 985.7722 saree " tee earres tee poe rete chert There's a Sears store near you... shop today. au Burnaby 433- 4211, Richmond 278 §542; Surrey 586. oat! . wots, Seep Goat tay ce " ‘ i” Capitane Mait 985.7722. soso ra, F, peo Meo bs ard ote day aot : what danuers did they tace? in Journey From the Dawn tRandom House 119 pp. $29.95), Loc.’ s discoverer, Or Danald Johoson and museum designer Revin © Farrell have attempted to answer these questions and others with whet amounts tO a picture “album” complete with explana: tons oF quotidian events tor Lucy aod her amily in that distant ume, Authars Russell Ciochon, lohn Olsen and Jamie fames have taken a duterent (but not uncomplemen- tary) approach to human prehistory in Other Origins — The Search For The Giant Ape In Human Prehistory (Bantam: 262 pp. $27.95). In Other Ornauns, myth and real- See Books page 41