2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.  Thoughts on the opening chapter "The Dawn of Man."  Does the appearance of the geometric shape represent a contamination of the organic pristine environment by technology of civilization.  Apes pick up bones discover tools and weapons the technology for civilization.  Implications that carnivores are associated with aggression.  Spread of civilization will be the theme of human history on earth.  Exploration, war and conquest.  Fast forward to an environment completely void of anything organic.  Warfare has evolved from bones to nuclear weaponry.  Human civilization has expanded exploration and conquest to space.