Bones of contention -- The storytellers -- The Taung child : rejection -- The Taung child : acceptance -- Rama's ape : resurrected -- Rama's ape : destroyed -- The Leakeys : father -- The Leakeys : son -- The KBS Tuff controversy : genesis -- The KBS Tuff controversy : denouement -- Lucy : the naming -- Lucy : the response -- Man's place in nature -- Afterword