• The Waterside Ape: An Alternative Account of Human Evolution 2019 Peter

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    The Waterside Ape:
    An Alternative Account of Human Evolution
    Peter H Rhys Evans
    218 pp pb £ 22 published 20.3.19 <https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-waterside-ape/peter-h-rhys-evans/9780 367145484#>
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    This book presents the latest evidence on the controversial "Waterside Ape" theory of human evolution, what used to be known as the "Aquatic Ape" theory.
    The traditional "Savannah Ape" theory (that early hominid apes evolved on the grass plains of E.Africa 6-7 Ma from our quadruped ape ancestors by coming down from the trees
    on to the savannah and stood upright in order to see further) has been accepted by archaeologists & anthropologists since before the time of Darwin, based on geological & fossil evidence.
    Recent scientific evidence largely discredites this hypothesis, but mainstream teaching and public understanding is still based on traditional lines.

    Key selling features:
    -presents the latest evidence for a close association between riparian habitats & the origin of humans,
    -reviews the "savannah ape" hypothesis for human origins,
    -describes various anatomical adaptations that are associated with hypotheses of human evolution,
    -explores characteristics from the head & neck, such as skull & sinus structures, the larynx & ear structures & functions,
    -corroborates a novel theory for the origin of humankind.

    Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
    ISBN 9780367145484
    216 x 140 mm

    Peter Rhys Evans was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham & the Institute of Cancer Research.
    He was also the Chief of the Department of ENT/Head & Neck Surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
    He has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications including 5 books.
    His award winning book Principles & Practice of Head & Neck Surgery & Oncology, 2nd edition, was published in 2009.
    He served as a Sub-Editor for the Journal of Laryngology & Otology for nearly a decade.

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