Comments on: The Aquatic Ape Theory http://ideonexus.com/2008/05/20/the-aquatic-ape-theory/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: marc verhaegen http://ideonexus.com/2008/05/20/the-aquatic-ape-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-13115 marc verhaegen Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:37:36 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1285#comment-13115 No doubt “Man was *more* aquatic in the past” (Hardy’s words), the question is only how aquatic exactly, but IMO the Danakil hypothesis is wrong: island animals usu.get smaller brains, and the littoral phase probably happened much more recently. There’s a growing consensus that: 1) Mio- & Pliocene apes (Helio-, Austriaco-, Oreopithecus etc.) & australopiths typically lived in mangrove or swamp forests & wetlands, feeding partly on aquatic foods, like lowland gorillas still do one or two hours per day. Google “aquarboreal”. 2) Pleistocene Homo spread along coasts as far as Java (Mojokerto, Flores), England (Pakefield, Boxgrove) & the Cape, and from the coasts inland along rivers & lakes, in savannas & elsewhere. Google “econiche Homo”. No doubt “Man was *more* aquatic in the past” (Hardy’s words), the question is only how aquatic exactly, but IMO the Danakil hypothesis is wrong: island animals usu.get smaller brains, and the littoral phase probably happened much more recently. There’s a growing consensus that:
1) Mio- & Pliocene apes (Helio-, Austriaco-, Oreopithecus etc.) & australopiths typically lived in mangrove or swamp forests & wetlands, feeding partly on aquatic foods, like lowland gorillas still do one or two hours per day. Google “aquarboreal”.
2) Pleistocene Homo spread along coasts as far as Java (Mojokerto, Flores), England (Pakefield, Boxgrove) & the Cape, and from the coasts inland along rivers & lakes, in savannas & elsewhere. Google “econiche Homo”.

]]> By: Rowing Lake Ridge « TGAW http://ideonexus.com/2008/05/20/the-aquatic-ape-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Rowing Lake Ridge « TGAW Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:17:39 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1285#comment-4107 [...] Is it seeing wildlife like herons and baby geese? Or maybe, just maybe, there is something to the Aquatic Ape Theory after [...] [...] Is it seeing wildlife like herons and baby geese? Or maybe, just maybe, there is something to the Aquatic Ape Theory after [...]

]]> By: Dave http://ideonexus.com/2008/05/20/the-aquatic-ape-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 Dave Wed, 21 May 2008 09:45:38 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1285#comment-2278 In light of your fascinating article, perhaps this movie was more prophetic of our destiny than I expected: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld Maybe global warming isn't such a bad thing after all if it's just creating conditions amenable to our truly aquatic nature... In light of your fascinating article, perhaps this movie was more prophetic of our destiny than I expected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld

Maybe global warming isn’t such a bad thing after all if it’s just creating conditions amenable to our truly aquatic nature…

]]> By: BMF http://ideonexus.com/2008/05/20/the-aquatic-ape-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 BMF Wed, 21 May 2008 04:13:32 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1285#comment-2273 Makes me wonder why I hate fish, fishing, being in the water, going on boats, etc... -BMF Makes me wonder why I hate fish, fishing, being in the water, going on boats, etc…

-BMF

]]> By: ClintJCL http://ideonexus.com/2008/05/20/the-aquatic-ape-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 ClintJCL Tue, 20 May 2008 23:09:24 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1285#comment-2270 Very interesting! Very interesting!

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