tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119642389830231866.post4329561845080184709..comments2023-11-05T01:54:03.751-07:00Comments on Bitsoli's Biblio Files: Mermaids and Aquatic ApesStephen Bitsolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503181398241986817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119642389830231866.post-9889290283567506882013-06-09T02:35:58.826-07:002013-06-09T02:35:58.826-07:00Humans didn’t descend from "aquatic apes"...Humans didn’t descend from "aquatic apes", of course, although our Pleistocene ancestors were too slow & heavy for regular running over open plains as some anthropologists still believe. <br />Instead, Homo populations during the Ice Ages (with sea-levels often 100 m lower than today!) simply followed the coasts & rivers in Africa & Eurasia (>800,000 years ago, they even reached Flores >18 km overseas).<br />Recent info on the littoral theory:<br />- google “econiche Homo”<br />- eBook “Was Man more aquatic in the past?” introd.Phillip Tobias http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608052448/index.htm<br />- guest post at Greg Laden’s blog http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2013/01/30/common-misconceptions-and-unproven-assumptions-about-the-aquatic-ape-theory<br />- http://greencomet.org/2013/05/26/aquatic-ape-the-theory-evolves/<br />- Human Evolution conference London 8–10.5.13 (David Attenborough, Don Johanson...)<br />www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/education/education-conference-centre/study-days-conferences/pages/2013-evolution.aspx <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com