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The ''Nature of Man Series'' is a four-volume series of works in paleoanthropology by the prolific playwright, screenwriter, and science writer Robert Ardrey. The books in the series were published between 1961 and 1976. The series majorly undermined standing assumptions in social sciences, leading to an abandonment of the "blank state" hypothesis; incited a renaissance in the science of ethology; and led to widespread popular interest in human evolution and human origins. Several scientists, including the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program Rick Potts, cite Ardrey's work as inspiring them to go into their fields. The works were wildly popular and influenced the public imagination. Notably Stanley Kubrick cited them as major influences in developing his films ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' and ''A Clockwork Orange'' 〔Kubrick, Stanley. Letter from Stanley Kubrick to The New York Times. "Now Kubrick Fights Back." ''The New York Times,'' 27 February 1972, section 2, pp. 1 & 11. Print. Retrievable (here )〕〔 (From the (Foreword ) by Arthur C. Clarke.)〕 ==Robert Ardrey== (詳細はplaywright, screenwriter, and science writer. By the time he returned to the sciences in the 1950s, he had already had a decorated Hollywood and Broadway career, including the award of a Guggenheim Fellowship〔The Robert Ardrey Estate Website. ("About" )〕 and an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay. In 1955 Ardrey travelled to Africa, where he wrote a series of articles for ''The Reporter''.〔Ardrey, Robert; Ardrey, Daniel (ed.). "The Education of Robert Ardrey: An Autobiography" (unpublished manuscript ca. 1980, available through Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center)〕 At the same time he renewed an acquaintance with prominent geologist Richard Foster Flint and investigated claims made by Raymond Dart about a specimen of ''Australopithecus africanus''.〔 This trip would initiate the decades of work Ardrey completed in the field of human evolution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nature of Man Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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