Aquatic Ape Theory

The Aquatic Ape Theory
Abstract from a book yet to be written called Survive 2012.
http://survive2012.com/aquatic_ape_theory.php

The Aquatic Ape Theory
Article describing an alternative hypothesis on human origins advanced by author Dr Elaine Morgan.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dylan.morgan/elainemorgan/

The Aquatic Ape Theory
Provides information on the theory that humans may be descended from apes that lived in an aquatic environment.
http://www.freewebs.com/aquatic-ape-theory/

Aquatic Ape Theory and Speech Origins: A Hypothesis
Paper by Marc J. M. Verhaegen, published in Speculations in Science and Technology.
http://users.ugent.be/~mvaneech/Fil/Verhaegen_Language_SpeculationsScienceTechnology.html

Aquatic Ape Theory: Sink or Swim?
A critique of the aquatic ape theory, with examples refuting the basic premises of the theory.
http://www.aquaticape.org/

Aquatic Man and African Eve
Two electronic books written by Denis Montgomery. The books may also be downloaded in PDF format.
http://www.sondela.co.uk/

Brief Introduction to the Aquatic Ape Theory
Provides some comments on this theory by eminent scholars and outlines the facts on which the theory is based.
http://www.monkeyboy.co.uk/aat.html

The Evolution of Bipedalism and the Aquatic Ape Theory by Biskie
Blog on this subject.
http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/the-evolution-of-bipedalism-and-the-aquatic-ape-theory-by-biskie/

The Repercussions of Aquatic Ape Theory
Article by Hugh Dower, an evolutionary philosopher, arguing that it is necessary for evolution theory to re-accept the transmission of acquired characteristics as a reality.
http://www.hughdower.com/Ape.htm

River Apes
Promotes a variation on the aquatic ape theory that suggests humans evolved from two hominids that were adapted to a water-side habitat.
http://www.riverapes.com/

The Role of Floods in Ape Evolution
BBC Science and Nature article by Simon Bearde discussing the theory that millions of years ago, apes were forced into an aquatic existence when the Rift Valley became semi-submerged by the Red Sea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/141index.shtml

Did Humans Descend from "Aquatic Apes"?
A Straight Dope column criticizing the aquatic ape hypothesis. <small>(January 22, 2002)</small>
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/maquaticape.html

Water and Human Evolution
Papers from a symposium at University Gent, Flanders, Belgium. <small>(April 30, 1999)</small>
http://users.ugent.be/~mvaneech/Symposium.html

Evolution, A Suitable Case for Treatment
A New Scientist article critical of the Aquatic Ape Theory. <small>(January 19, 1991)</small>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12917525.300.html