Gunnison Valley News | 1931-10-08 | Page 2 | Explorer Sets Forth Sahara as Man's Cradle

Explorer Sets Forth Sahara as Man's Cradle Upon li is return to the United States after nn lS,000-mile exploration explora-tion trip through Africa Dr. Arthur Torrence, I.os Angeles explorer, announces an-nounces liis belief that the southern Sahara desert was the cradle of the human race. Not only did he make extensive investigations of the primitive primi-tive tribes and the geological history of the Sahara, but he claims to have found evidence refuting the Darwinian Darwin-ian theory of the origin and perpetuation perpetu-ation of new species. While he does not deny that man evolved from a lower type of animal, he thinks this evolution took place in the southern part of the Sahara.