FWIW re your recent edit rv Seems there s a substantial amount of material in the complete film documentary Dawn of Humanity 2015 PBS film that directly relates 2001 A Space Odyssey to the recent discoveries of Homo naledi fossils in South Africa the film documentary can be viewed as a trailer 00 30 at or as the complete film 113 07 at Copied from Main Article Version 13 49 13 September 2015 Influence on science The behavior of apes in the Dawn of Man sequence of 2001 largely influenced by the notions of Raymond Dart and dramatist Robert Ardrey have been proven false since such violent apes have now been shown to be vegetarians instead according to archeology expert K Kris Hirst reviewing the Dawn of Humanity 2015 PBS film documentary which describes directly in the context of 2001 the 2015 studies of fossils of Homo naledi Comments by other editors are welcome of course in any case hope this helps in some way Enjoy