More Aquatic Ape Theory

Site:
http://huizen.dds.nl/~seismo/aat.html

Category:
Earth Sciences

Review (in 1996):

Was there a time when our evolutionary ancestors lived in marshes as sea-apes? (Or sea monkeys?) The question is explored at length on this page hosted by Hollander Maarten Fornerod. The idea - called AAT, or "Aquatic Ape Theory" - is still considered laughable by some, but has a surprising cast of supporters like Desmond Morris (The Naked Ape) and Daniel C. Dennett (Darwin's Dangerous Idea).

Maarten smartly keeps a running score of anthropologists both for and against AAT. A generous helping of comments and citations help shed light on the theory, even if it's all a bit on the academic side: "Perhaps the best suggestion is that the exertions involved, in a hot climate, required the maximum development of the cooling system by evaporation of sweat." We know the feeling.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.