Naturalist, geologist and biologist

- He is best known for his contributions to the science of

evolution.
- He came up with the theory of evolution and hypothesised
humans and apes share a common ancestor.
- Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859.

Question: Why is Darwin's theory of evolution considered to

be the basic concept of modern science?

Anthropologist They all study Primatologist

- He has been called the "Father animals or - Her specialty was living with
animal origins
of American Anthropology". and understanding the
and have made
language and behaviour of
- In his role at Columbia, he trained great
contributions to chimps.
the first generation of U.S. scholars
in the field. the study of - Discovered Chimps have highly
anthropology.
- His work is associated with the developed social structures.
movements known as Historical They are all
- Considered to be the world's
Particularism and Cultural famous
foremost expert on
Relativism. His primary contribution anthropologists.
chimpanzees.
was his theory of cultural relativism.
Question: What are the common
Question: How did he force
characteristics of chimpanzees
scholars to rethink their ideas of
and humans?
race?