Aquarboreal ancestors?

Habitat Scale Mapping of Fisheries Ecosystem Service Values in Estuaries

“…The first human civilizations began beside estuaries about 8,000 years ago (Kennett and Kennett 2006). Coastal locations may even have played a role in our evolutionary development (Hardy 1960, Horrobin 2001, Verhaegen et al 2002, 2007. It is not surprising, then, that estuaries are thought to be among the most valuable of any habitat type (Costanza et al 1997).…”

Book review

“…Langdon's claim that it does not, gives the impression that the majority of the subject matter has been dealt with by critics previously, but this is not the case. Langdon's last publication addressing the AH was in 1997, but to our knowledge there has not been any response, apart from an occasional supportive mentioning (e.g., Wrangham, 2005), to the aquarboreal model (Verhaegen et al, 2002), the pachyostosis papers (e.g., , the kidney research (e.g., Williams, 2006Williams, , 2011, the wading hypothesis (e.g., Kuliukas, 2011), our diving abilities (Schagatay, 2011), our underwater vision abilities (Gislén and Schagatay, 2011), and the very intriguing contribution in the eBook (not mentioned as original by Langdon) regarding our colour vision (Chan, 2011). Furthermore, we consider the rebuttal of Kuliukas (2011) -eBook chapter 15 -to Langdon's 1997 paper as original work, as it replies in specific detail to every previous claim by Langdon.…”

Of Seascapes and People: Multiple Perspectives on Oceans Past

“…They also believe that the story continues by Homo descendants later migrating to or remaining near the Indian Ocean coasts, where they could exploit waterside resources. Marc Verhaegen and his colleagues call them our "aquaboreal ancesters", arguing that they may have given rise to early modern humans: furless, long legged waders and divers with subcutaneous fat and the ability to control their breath (Verhaegen et al 2002 ). With these characteristics, they were able to explore the manifold resources in coastal environments.…”