In 1960, the marine biologist Sir Alister Hardy published a paper proposing what is now known as the Aquatic Ape Theory (ATT) about human evolution.
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- Did Humans Descend from "Aquatic Apes"? A Straight Dope column criticizing the aquatic ape hypothesis.
- River Apes Promotes a variation on the aquatic ape theory that suggests humans evolved from two hominids that were adapted to a water-side habitat.
- Aquatic Man and African Eve Two electronic books written by Denis Montgomery. The books may also be downloaded in PDF format.
- Aquatic Ape Theory: Sink or Swim? A critique of the aquatic ape theory, with examples refuting the basic premises of the theory.
- Water and Human Evolution Papers from a symposium at University Gent, Flanders, Belgium.
- The Repercussions of Aquatic Ape Theory Article by Hugh Dower, an evolutionary philosopher, arguing that it is necessary for evolution theory to re-accept the transmission of acquired characteristics as a reality.
- The Aquatic Ape Theory Abstract from an online book called Survive 2012.
- The Evolution of Bipedalism and the Aquatic Ape Theory by Biskie Blog on this subject, with readers' comments.
- Marc Verhaegen's papers in Human Evolution Speculations in science symposium available to read online. [download requires social media login]
- Elaine Morgan: I Believe We Evolved from Aquatic Apes Long-term aquatic ape hypothesis proponent Elaine Morgan giving a 17-minute video lecture on the topic at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference. Includes viewers comments.
- BBC Radio 4: The Waterside Ape Sir David Attenborough presents two audio programs which examine evidence on the controversial theory of human origins moving towards to mainstream acceptance.
- Evolution, A Suitable Case for Treatment A New Scientist article critical of the Aquatic Ape Theory.