In this episode Thomas discusses one of the most seemingly compelling and controversial theories in paleoanthropology. The Aquatic Ape Theory (AAT) or Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (AAH), which suggests that a number of humanities features which differ drastically from our ape cousins, may have been developed as adaptations for a more water based existence in our ancestral past.
These adaptations include our upright gait, large brains, breath control, and more!
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Sources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sorry-david-attenborough-we-didn-t-evolve-from-aquatic-apes-here-s-why/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-new-aquatic-ape-theory-67868308/
http://aquatic-human-ancestor.org/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v0hhm
https://www.ted.com/talks/elaine_morgan_i_believe_we_evolved_from_aquatic_apes
https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2013/may/13/aquatic-ape-elaine-morgan-history-science?CMP=twt_gu
Primate Encounters (book)
Was Man More Aquatic in the Past? : Fifty Years After Alister Hardy Waterside Hypotheses of Human Evolution (book but really a collection of articles)
Sinuses and Flotation: Does the Aquatic Ape Theory Hold Water? (article)
The Role of “the Aquatic” in Human Evolution: Constraining the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (article)
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