Dear John,
My favorites are the "Far Side" cartoons of Gary Larson. One shows a
bug-eyed fish contemplating his baseball, which has bounced up on a small
island of dry ground just out of reach. There are many, many others that
deal with evolution.
What about the endless variations of the "evolutionary chain" illustration?
Usually five or six figures in profile, as though walking single file from
left to right. The first is a knuckle-walking simian, the next a small,
slumping hominid (Australopithecus?), then a more erect walking early
human, then a Neanderthal or Cro-Magnon person, often carrying a stone
knife or spear, then a modern human. The usual tongue-in-cheek variations
occur on the right side of the sequence, with the modern human pictured
with a cell phone, or sitting stupefied in front of a TV, or in guerrilla
combat gear and carrying an automatic rifle, or hunched over working at a
computer, or with shades and dreadlocks riding on a skateboard. (I think
the latter was in advertisements for a movie called "Encino Man.") It would
be especially interesting if you could find the original (19th Century?)
illustration.
Another pop-culture treatment is the recent "Evolution of Authority"
cartoon sequence making the e-mail and photocopy rounds. First frame is a
barefoot ape-like footprint, next a bare human footprint, then a (man's)
shoe-print, and finally a high-heeled shoe-print.
Good luck on your project. I'd be interested to hear how you address the
subject without stepping on the toes of those who don't accept evolution.
Chuck Stout
Exhibits Manager
Wings Over the Rockies Museum
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