Scientists now know what may have helped fuel the evolution of the human brain two million years ago. Our human ancestors ate a wide variety of animals including fish, turtles and even crocodiles.
Archive of posts filed under the Aquatic Ape category.
Where and When was the Human Aquatic Period
Where and when did the ape become aquatic?
Locomotor Sophistication
To be able to think in 3D needs a 3D environment, that is motion in three dimensions—an aqueous environment offers it, as does a life in the trees, but not life on a level grassland
The Diving Reflex
The diving reflex is an adaptation for, er… diving, something that land animals do not habitually do
Hairlessness
Hair is not an advantage in water, and aquatic animals usually lose it
Neoteny
Human beings are the neotenous ape, we retain infantile features into adult life
The Aquatic Ape
Elaine Morgan presents an excellent case for an aquatic phase of human evolution, but the experts ignore her
Submergence Convergence: The Aquatic Ape
Water imposes its own evolutionary constraints, yet creatures have often returned there. Did an ape?
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