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- Author
- Verhaegen MJ
- Title
- Aquatic ape theory and fossil hominids.
- Source
- Medical Hypotheses 1991 Jun;35(2):108-14
- Abstract
- While most older palaeo-anthropological studies emphasise the
similarities of the fossil hominids with modern man, recent
studies often stress the unique and the apelike features of the
australopithecine dentitions, skulls and postcranial bones. It
is worth reconsidering the features of Australopithecus, Homo
erectus and Homo neanderthalensis in the light of the so-called
Aquatic Ape Theory (AAT) of Hardy and Morgan, and to compare the
skeletal parts of our fossil relatives with those of (semi)
aquatic animals. Possible convergences are observed with roboscis
monkeys, beavers, sea- otters, hippopotamuses, seals, sea-lions,
walruses, sea-cows, whales, dolphins, porpoises, penguins and
crocodiles.
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