Aquatic Ape Theory

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The Aquatic Ape Theory - Abstract from a book yet to be written called Survive 2012.

The Aquatic Ape Theory - Article describing an alternative hypothesis on human origins advanced by author Dr Elaine Morgan.

The Aquatic Ape Theory - Provides information on the theory that humans may be descended from apes that lived in an aquatic environment.

Aquatic Ape Theory and Speech Origins: A Hypothesis - Paper by Marc J. M. Verhaegen, published in Speculations in Science and Technology.

Aquatic Ape Theory: Sink or Swim? - A critique of the aquatic ape theory, with examples refuting the basic premises of the theory.

Aquatic Man and African Eve - Two electronic books written by Denis Montgomery. The books may also be downloaded in PDF format.

Brief Introduction to the Aquatic Ape Theory - Provides some comments on this theory by eminent scholars and outlines the facts on which the theory is based.

The Evolution of Bipedalism and the Aquatic Ape Theory by Biskie - Blog on this subject.

The Repercussions of Aquatic Ape Theory - Article by Hugh Dower, an evolutionary philosopher, arguing that it is necessary for evolution theory to re-accept the transmission of acquired characteristics as a reality.

River Apes - Promotes a variation on the aquatic ape theory that suggests humans evolved from two hominids that were adapted to a water-side habitat.

The Role of Floods in Ape Evolution - BBC Science and Nature article by Simon Bearde discussing the theory that millions of years ago, apes were forced into an aquatic existence when the Rift Valley became semi-submerged by the Red Sea.

Did Humans Descend from "Aquatic Apes"? - A Straight Dope column criticizing the aquatic ape hypothesis. (January 22, 2002)

Water and Human Evolution - Papers from a symposium at University Gent, Flanders, Belgium. (April 30, 1999)

Evolution, A Suitable Case for Treatment - A New Scientist article critical of the Aquatic Ape Theory. (January 19, 1991)