A Conversation for Human Evolution - the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
The Salmon of Doubt
Hoovooloo Started conversation May 4, 2002
I would draw the reader's attention to page 37 of the book "The Salmon of Doubt", in which Douglas Adams lists his dreams (dream career, dream holiday, dream home etc.). Among them, his Dream Project:
"Given unlimited financial resources, I would love to fund a major research project into human origins, the transition from ape to man. A couple of years ago I became fascinated by the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, the notion that our transitional ancestors spent a period in a semiaquatic environment. I've heard the idea ridiculed many times but never convincingly refuted, and I would love to discover the truth, one way or the other."
The above quotation was taken from an article written by Douglas Adams for "The Observer" newspaper, March 10 1995.
The author of the entry to which this posting is attached was unaware of Douglas Adams's interest in this subject until, literally, just now.
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Still missing DNA. 
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