In A Space Odyssey the film is ultimately broken up into different sections. The first part is “The Dawn of a Man” which features the landscape of the setting Earth. The Science Fiction movie shows the transition of progress and evolution starting with apes and then taking us well into the future of humanity. During the first section the film then moves to outer space which therefore changes the environment, which has advanced space technology. The rapid and dramatic shift and background suggests a technologically advanced setting. The importance and emphasis on technology and the setting of outer space signals the shift in the stage of evolution through comparison within the opening scene. The first depiction of technology is the apes’ use of animal bones as tools in the first part. As the apes learn to master the tools provided to them allows for hunting and fighting in order for them to survive in their environment. The connection of the spacecraft and the bone shows that they have come to a point of where space travel and tech is just as equal to the use of an animal bone as a tool. Stanley Kubrick makes a few arguments based on human evolution and how humans need artificial help from other creatures and this idea of human potential which means that humans have the ability to become more than just “tools”.