One of my favourite pieces of "evidence" for AAT is the fact that hominins fossils tend to be found near water; conveniently forgetting - as my childhood dinosaur books pointed out - that watery environments are more likely to preserve animals. Books aimed at children contain enough information to disprove this evidence, yet it's still mentioned in most AAT discussions I've seen.
It was certainly disappointing to see The Guardian give this theory a platform like this. However, the backlash among the anthropological community has been strong. I just had to join in and vent!
I'd forgive him if he said it in his awesome narration voice with a panoramic view of the Serengeti as a backdrop. "Here we see an ancient landscape where our ancestors spent all day wading in rivers, eating fish and punching crocodiles in the face."