tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687952439236621149.post7908640778229348023..comments2022-12-04T14:19:06.292+00:00Comments on The Rocks Remain: Spears and eels: aquatic archaeological contexts in human evolutionBecky Wragg Sykeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856568750789804570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687952439236621149.post-70269961510977638452013-05-11T17:00:34.554+01:002013-05-11T17:00:34.554+01:00Hi Brian, thanks for your comment.
It's an int...Hi Brian, thanks for your comment.<br />It's an interesting idea about the chimps, perhaps something has been done already.<br />There are very good resources online explaining the various things that don't make much sense for AAH, even less extreme one. I'm not an anatomical expert, so I direct you to those!Becky Wragg Sykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856568750789804570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687952439236621149.post-62406626395012508572013-05-05T05:39:52.026+01:002013-05-05T05:39:52.026+01:00The aquatic ape hypothesis is made in such an exag...The aquatic ape hypothesis is made in such an exaggerated form that I think it drives people from considering a more reasonable version - that hominids have been in water enough to have some evolutionary changes involved, like an enhanced diving reflex or enhanced swimming ability relative to great apes.<br /><br />If a non-negligible number of hominids drowned and a non-negligible number of hominids benefited from superior swimming ability, then some level of evolutionary changes could be possible. Not the ridiculous version of the theory but something more subtle.<br /><br />Finally, some chimps are highly trained and flexible - it might be possible to convince them, ethically, through a reward system to put their face in cold water to test how strong a diving reflex they have.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.com