Mankind: An Invasive Ape?

What is man? How you answer that question immediately exposes your worldview and the foundation on which that worldview rests. Consider, for example, how one paleoanthropologist recently described mankind in an interview: man is ���a very particular type of ape. . . . We���re invasive.���

So mankind is an invasive species of ape? Well, at least one evolutionary researcher believes that (we���ll get to the ���invasive��� part in a moment). He says,

A very particular type of ape, yes. But it���s tr...