The aquatic ape theory, championed by Elaine Morgan for years and now making its way into the scientific and popular mainstream, contends that some of our our ancestors dwelled primarily in the water.

I Heart Chaos highlights a video of TED's Elaine Morgan discussing the aquatic ape hypothesis of human evolution. Here's the gist: The problem is that beaches are the worst possible places for fossils ...

I was delighted to see that the aquatic ape theory got a small mention in the profile box of Elaine Morgan’s article on the similarities between orang-utans and humans (7 March, p 26). The theory is ...