But why is the Aquatic Ape Theory so controversial and differently understood by scientists? This is what I tried to find out in my Bachelor Thesis (2008) about the Aquatic Ape Theory at Lund University. Hardy suggested that we during the evolution have spent a considerable time on the coastlines and adapted to a semi-aquatic environment, not on the hot dry savannah or in the forest with the other primates.Īll from the beginning the theory has been criticized, ridiculed, ignored and a source of strong feelings in the anthropological community. The theory attempts to answer a lot of unanswered questions that have plagued mankind about our heritage – why do we walk on two legs? why are we naked? why do we sweat? How come that babies automatically hold their breath under water? etc. The Aquatic Ape Theory (AAT) was formulated by Alister Hardy in year 1960.
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