08-12-2012, 08:06 PM
The aquatic Ape Theory, that humans spent a bit of time in and around water is an old theory that mainstream biologists/evolutionists refuse to accept. However if one seriously considers it it does make a lot of sense and does explain a lot of the differences between humans and other hominids which the savannah doesn't explain fully or at all.
Such as that later of sub-dermal fat (blubber) we humans have. Savanna life does not produce blubber, dwelling in water is the only way sub-dermal fat evolves in mammals.
Savanna living doesn't account for our lack of hair. Plenty of species live on the savanna and have thick coats of fur.
With the wide variety of mammals that live in and around water nearly constantly ad the various adaptations they have made, a few being consistent in each species, aquatic-ape theory makes a lot of sense.
As for Mer-folk. I find that one a little hard to swallow. There has been insufficient amount of time since early hominids for a species as evolved as merfolk as much as that show and mythology depicts them with complete tails instead of legs, highly adapted vision and collapsible rib cages.
Whales and dolphins returned to the seas millions of years ago and their adaptations are extreme.
For a hominid one would expect their whole body to be more bullet shaped, more streamlined, not just the tail section.
It made for thought provoking TV, and even interesting mental exercises in how hominids could adapt to an aquatic life (going around with the whales, using sea materials to make simple weapons, etc).
Such as that later of sub-dermal fat (blubber) we humans have. Savanna life does not produce blubber, dwelling in water is the only way sub-dermal fat evolves in mammals.
Savanna living doesn't account for our lack of hair. Plenty of species live on the savanna and have thick coats of fur.
With the wide variety of mammals that live in and around water nearly constantly ad the various adaptations they have made, a few being consistent in each species, aquatic-ape theory makes a lot of sense.
As for Mer-folk. I find that one a little hard to swallow. There has been insufficient amount of time since early hominids for a species as evolved as merfolk as much as that show and mythology depicts them with complete tails instead of legs, highly adapted vision and collapsible rib cages.
Whales and dolphins returned to the seas millions of years ago and their adaptations are extreme.
For a hominid one would expect their whole body to be more bullet shaped, more streamlined, not just the tail section.
It made for thought provoking TV, and even interesting mental exercises in how hominids could adapt to an aquatic life (going around with the whales, using sea materials to make simple weapons, etc).
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