11 page A5 booklet giving a lighthearted view of humanity’s ancestors. For copying details, see Zine Copying.
Tag: Ancestors
Our Ancestors Episode 4, Homo Ergaster
Homo Ergaster (Workers) were a development of erectus who managed to put horniness aside long enough to do a day’s work.
After a few intermediates they became us.
Workers survived into the 21st century when neoliberal politics finally ended them.
They may survive in East Asia.
Our Ancestors 3, Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus (Randy Man) was the longest surviving human species.
Population pressures from its devotion to sex caused it to range from England to Korea but also stopped it innovating, making identical hand axes for nearly 2 million years.
Our Ancestors, Handy Man
Homo Habilis (Handy Man) was only around about 300,000 years but had time to invent scrapers, monogamy and, of necessity, the dildo.
Ancestors Introduction 2/2
Lets start with two important ancestors.
Homo Habilis & Homo Erectus: Handy man and Randy man.
Ancestors Introduction 1/2
We seem to love hearing about archaic humans but mostly only Neanderthals & recent Europeans get much press.
Let’s look at some older ones.