It depends if you are interested in where *apes* *and humans* could easily survive, or where *bones and fossils* could easily survive. All African apes live in the green rainforest areas. Billions of

Out of Bioko theory (OOB) is not the same as Out of Africa theory (OOA). In the following summary, ages and other details are debatable (obviously). 8 Myr. Chimpanzees and gorillas split from a common

Beware of parsimony: it can kill a wonderful adventure story — reducing it to a single sentence. For example: Some chimps got isolated in an aquatic habitat on a barren volcanic island, and a few desc

AAT message #70636 ( https://groups.io/g/AAT/message/70636 ) Thanks for discussing perceived problems with Bioko. It helps me to consider these things. The aquatic humans didn't have boats, so I'm not

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From genetic evidence it is thought that the first seals evolved about 23 million years ago, near the beginning of the Miocene epoch. A simple model for the evolution of seals is that mammals resembli

Humans apparently first got malaria parasites by being bitten by mosquitos that had also bitten western gorillas. Loy et al. 2017. Out of Africa: origins and evolution of the human malaria parasites P

The parsimony principle is basic to all science and tells us to choose the simplest scientific explanation that fits the evidence. In terms of tree-building, that means that, all other things being eq

This is a brilliant book. Free pdf download here: PassionateApe.com The Passionate Ape. Bad Sex. Strong Love, and Human Evolution. by Craig Hagstrom. Starting from the Aquatic Ape hypothesis, this wor

I have learned a lot from reading and writing messages with the AAT (aquatic ape theory) group @groups.io. https://groups.io/g/AAT/search?q=posterid:4444723 I hope to get a group discussion going here

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Boeing airplanes have crashed a few places in the world during the past century. Before crashing, those planes may have been modified in different cities, giving them new seats and paint jobs. But the

The human primate body— bald and bipedal, with large brain, nose, and blubber — probably evolved due to a freak island accident. Imagine meeting a married couple in a nursing home. They are both in wh

Typo? No, that's an acceptible alternetive spelling! Too bad more scientists aren't gods, as Phillip Tobias must have been.

New ideas on the possible use and misuse of the Stone Age handaxe Manuscript in preparation, February 12, 2021.

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https://youtu.be/vl7HUx3zQ5k This talk was given at the 34th Geological Winter Meeting (Jan. 6- 8, 2021). Organized and recorded by the Geological Society of Norway Here is the published abstract for

Presentation at the 34th Geological Winter Meeting.

Speciation requires reproductive isolation, for which there can be many causes. Sometimes this is by physical separation, but there are many other possibilities. Gorillas and chimpanzees had an arbore