Tag: Aquatic Ape Theory

Elaine Morgan: It Wasn’t About Aquatic Apes

by Kim | Jul 30, 2013 | News and Events, People | 3 |

I longed to find a volume that would begin: ‘When the first ancestor of the human race descended from the trees, she had not yet developed the mighty brain that was to distinguish her so sharply from all the other species...

Water Apes: Carrying the torch for a failed theory

by Kim | Apr 9, 2012 | Books, People, Science | 15 |

Last week the popular website IO9 ran a tongue-in-cheek story headlined, “Could Humans Have Evolved From Dolphins?” While posted in fun, originally the humor wasn’t entirely clear (it has since been updated), so the story...