The alien technology that accelerated the evolution of ape-like homonins at the start of the story, now advances Bowman to a new stage of human evolution whose purpose (in the book) is to return to earth and begin super-evolving the rest of mankind.
The alien technology that accelerated the evolution of ape-like homonins at the start of the story, then advances Bowman to a new stage of human evolution. Bowman becomes the'Starchild'-a multidimensional being whose purpose (in the book) is to return to earth and begin super-evolving the rest of mankind.