ocr: THE DAWNOF HUMANS TheFirst - - - - - - - RICK GORE - By SENIOR ASSISTANTI EDITOR Steps Photographs by KENNETH GARRETT Art by RICHARD SCHLECHT Few scientific fields stir debate as intensely as does the search for human ancestors. Strong emotions and deeply held religious beliefs crash against the physical evidence presented by paleoanthropologists. Some people do not accept the findings and interpretations of these scientists; rather they place humans on a family tree all their own, apart from other forms of life on earth. Others agree with the scientists who hold that evolution is a fact of li ...
