Marc Verha
Tue, Aug-23-05, 06:35
AAT - littoral adaptations in the genus Homo
* Aquatic Ape Theory of human evolution (original term of E.
Morgan 1982)
* Aquarboreal Apes Theory of Mio-Pliocene apes (aqua =water,
arbor =tree)
* Amphibious Ancestors Theory of Plio-Pleistocene Homo (AAT
strict sense)
AAT s.s. (based on the behavior, anatomy, physiology & DNA of
living humans compared to other animals) says that
sea/lake-side ancestors collected coconuts, fruits, bird eggs,
turtles, shell-, crayfish, algae etc. This explains unique
Homo traits (not seen in apes or apiths) better than plains-
or forest-dwelling scenarios do: brain size, diving skills,
breathing control, vocality, small mouth & chewing muscles,
tongue bone descent, longer airway, projecting nose, poor
sense of smell, handiness, tool use, late puberty, long legs,
aligned body, poor climbing, fatness, fur loss, high needs of
water, sodium, iodine & poly-unsaturated fatty acids etc.
In the fossil & archeological record, we see this in the
Plio-Pleistocene diaspora of Homo populations along the Indian
Ocean, African coasts, Rift valley lakes etc. (eg, R.Dennell
2003 JHE 45:421, M.Trauth cs.2005 Science), & probably from
there inland along rivers etc. Homo much more than apith
remains have been found (in spite of sea level fluctuations)
amid shells, corals & barnacles throughout the Pleistocene, in
coasts al over the Old World: Mojokerto, Terra Amata, Table
Bay, Eritrea, incl.islands that could only be reached by sea:
Flores 0.8 Ma http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/outthere.htm.
* Max Westenhöfer 1942 "Der Eigenweg des Menschen" Mannstaede
* Alister Hardy 1960 "Was Man more aquatic in the past?" NS
7:624
* Elaine Morgan 1982 "The aquatic ape" Souvenir London
* Maggie Roede cs. 1991 "The aquatic ape: fact or
fiction?" Souvenir
* Marc Verhaegen cs. 2002 "Aquarboreal ancestors?" TREE 17:212
* Stephen Cunnane 2005 "Survival of the fattest" World
Scientific
* http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/Symposium.html
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* Aquatic Ape Theory of human evolution (original term of E.
Morgan 1982)
* Aquarboreal Apes Theory of Mio-Pliocene apes (aqua =water,
arbor =tree)
* Amphibious Ancestors Theory of Plio-Pleistocene Homo (AAT
strict sense)
AAT s.s. (based on the behavior, anatomy, physiology & DNA of
living humans compared to other animals) says that
sea/lake-side ancestors collected coconuts, fruits, bird eggs,
turtles, shell-, crayfish, algae etc. This explains unique
Homo traits (not seen in apes or apiths) better than plains-
or forest-dwelling scenarios do: brain size, diving skills,
breathing control, vocality, small mouth & chewing muscles,
tongue bone descent, longer airway, projecting nose, poor
sense of smell, handiness, tool use, late puberty, long legs,
aligned body, poor climbing, fatness, fur loss, high needs of
water, sodium, iodine & poly-unsaturated fatty acids etc.
In the fossil & archeological record, we see this in the
Plio-Pleistocene diaspora of Homo populations along the Indian
Ocean, African coasts, Rift valley lakes etc. (eg, R.Dennell
2003 JHE 45:421, M.Trauth cs.2005 Science), & probably from
there inland along rivers etc. Homo much more than apith
remains have been found (in spite of sea level fluctuations)
amid shells, corals & barnacles throughout the Pleistocene, in
coasts al over the Old World: Mojokerto, Terra Amata, Table
Bay, Eritrea, incl.islands that could only be reached by sea:
Flores 0.8 Ma http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/outthere.htm.
* Max Westenhöfer 1942 "Der Eigenweg des Menschen" Mannstaede
* Alister Hardy 1960 "Was Man more aquatic in the past?" NS
7:624
* Elaine Morgan 1982 "The aquatic ape" Souvenir London
* Maggie Roede cs. 1991 "The aquatic ape: fact or
fiction?" Souvenir
* Marc Verhaegen cs. 2002 "Aquarboreal ancestors?" TREE 17:212
* Stephen Cunnane 2005 "Survival of the fattest" World
Scientific
* http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mvaneech/Symposium.html
Additional files at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AAT1
Marc Verhaegen http://www.onelist.com/community/AAT
AAT-subscribe@onelist.com