You know that drawing with the stages of evolution, from ape, through savage, to intelligent man?
You know, the one that’s been ripped off in countless cartoons?
Anyone know who originally did it, and where? Thanks.
Don’t forget the classic, Encino Man.
I’m curious about the original too.
The illustration, known as “The March of Progress,” is by Rudy Zallinger, and was first published in Early Man, a 1970 Time-Life book written by paleoanthropologist F. Clark Howell.
Thanks, Colibri. It’s amazing that the origin of such an iconic image is not better known.
I’m surprised that it was first published so late. I thought it had been around longer than that.
Me, too. But Colibri knows his stuff!
Rudolph Zallinger is also known for his mural “The Age of Reptiles” at the Yale Peabody Museum…
I’m sure there had been earlier “March-of-Progress” type illustrations of evolution preceding Zallinger’s, but his - starting with a gibbon-like ape and ending with a striding Cro-Magnon with a spear - is the iconic one. I recall reading Early Man when it first came out and being struck by the image then.
There was the Supertramp album cover as well.
