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. 2014 Mar-Apr;23(2):56-9.
doi: 10.1002/evan.21405.

The role of "the aquatic" in human evolution: constraining the aquatic ape hypothesis

Robert Foley, Marta Mirazón Lahr

The role of "the aquatic" in human evolution: constraining the aquatic ape hypothesis

Robert Foley et al. Evol Anthropol. 2014 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Few things show the distinctiveness of human evolution research better than the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (AAH). On one hand, we have "orthodox" research into human evolution, firmly based on land; on the other, we have the aquatic ape community, convinced not only that our ancestors went through an aquatic phase, but that the professional scientific community ignores their work and keeps it out of the mainstream. How many fields of science have two entirely parallel communities that essentially are hermetically sealed from each other?

Keywords: Aquatic Ape Hypothesis; Human evolution; aquatic resources.

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