We don't know what it is the monolith did, did it actually create a new species, (doubtful, since the ape man already existed prior to meeting the monolith,) or did it merely help it survive to the next stage (husbandry) which is what Clarke says it did?

I still don't see why we need to disagree regarding the film being pro-evolution.

"There is a lot of money tied up in this film and people expect to hear a boom when something blows up, so I'll give them a boom."

George Lucas as quoted by Harlan Ellison's WATCHING
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