The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis: The Most Credible Theory of Human Evolution - Couverture souple

Morgan, Elaine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0285635182 ISBN 13 : 9780285635180

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This thought-provoking text presents the Aquatic Ape Theory, with new information, new questions and a wealth of documentary evidence. It is the most persuasive, closely argued case yet offered to explain the mystery of human origins.'

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Why are we the only members of the ape family who are hairless, walk upright, shed tears and communicate by a verbal language? Why are human babies plump, when the infants of other apes are skinny? Why is our sexual behaviour different? In the first full discussion of a theory propounded by the late Sir Alister Hardy, Elaine Morgan points to the dramatic similarities between ourselves and the aquatic mammals - whales, dolphins, seals, sea otters - and argues that the only theory of evolution which explains these satisfactorily is that we, alone among the primates, have returned to life on land after a period of adaptation to an aquatic environment. We were once aquatic apes.

Revue de presse :

She is more scientific than Genesis, more up to date than Darwin, more fun than Ardrey, and she writes better than Desmond Morris. --Sunday Telegraph

Sir David Attenborough takes to the radio to mull over a once ridiculed idea about human evolution . . . Attenborough shows how the theory has gained traction. --The Times

It was one of the most outrageous, improbable evolutionary ideas ever proposed... now the idea... is becoming respectable. --Observer

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0285635182
• ISBN 13: 9780285635180
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208