![]() ![]() Some of them asserted that humans share unique similarities with aquatic mammals like seals and dolphins, and these claims turned out to be overstated or false. The theory tried to tie together many human anatomical traits as adaptations to an ancient life foraging on shorelines and in the water.īut boosters of this idea tended to overreach. According to this idea, humans evolved from apes that lived in or around bodies of water. ![]() ![]() In those days, groups like talk.origins and brought together people with very different perspectives-and too much time on their hands-who wanted to debate ideas about human origins and evolution.Īnyone who followed these newsgroups saw a hearty share of discussion about an idea known as the aquatic ape theory. I started using the internet in 1990, when text-based Usenet newsgroups were the social media of the day. ![]()
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