Was Man More Aquatic in the Past? Fifty Years After Alister Hardy - Waterside Hypotheses of Human Evolution

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Mario Vaneechoutte, Algis Kuliukas, Marc Verhaegen
Bentham Science Publishers, Nov 25, 2011 - Social Science - 244 pages
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"The book starts from the observation that humans are very different from the other primates. Why are we naked? Why do we speak? Why do we walk upright? Fifty years ago, in 1960, marine biologist Sir Alister Hardy tried to answer this when he announced his"
 

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This hypothesis sounds just about as likely as continental drift to me. Littorally.

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Contents

Chapter 01
3
Chapter 02
16
Chapter 03
36
Chapter 04
67
Chapter 05
82
Chapter 06
106
Chapter 07
120
Chapter 08
148
Chapter 10
164
Chapter 11
173
Chapter 12
181
Chapter 13
190
Chapter 14
199
Chapter 15
213
Index
226
Copyright

Chapter 09
156

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TitleWas Man More Aquatic in the Past? Fifty Years After Alister Hardy - Waterside Hypotheses of Human Evolution
EditorsMario Vaneechoutte, Algis Kuliukas, Marc Verhaegen
PublisherBentham Science Publishers, 2011
ISBN1608052443, 9781608052448
Length244 pages
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