Re: Aquatic ape theory

jamesb@hgu.mrc.ac.uk
20 Oct 1995 14:34:32 GMT

ronkanen@cc.Helsinki.FI (Osmo Ronkanen) wrote:

>There is at something like 1-3 million year gap between the speculated
>AA and wearing clothes. That time is enough either to get the hair
>back or to lose it.
>

What if homo erectus and neandarthals etc. swim a llot in fresh-water lakes and rivers etc. ? I
think we really need to sort out a more exact timing for the aquatic phase.I'll bring in a
reference for a paper that looks at what can be considered aquatic modifications in hominoid
skeletons to date this more accurately.

James Borrett.