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ooli  ·  4237 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We Are Not Aquatic Apes

I just heard of it today, but the theory is sure pretty seductive: having only one cause for various traits.

The Ted talk linked in the guardian article add some nice "explanation":

  Pachyderm (animal with no fur) like elephant, and rhinoceros are all proven animals
 with aquatic ancestor . Is this right? It 's a contrary argument to yours:human should
 revert to "normal" once they leave the water to walk on savanna.

  We can speak because of respiration control. No other primate have respiration control, while aquatic bird and such have it.

Thanks for your debunking anyway