Conspiracy Theories #1:
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (Aquatic Ape Theory)
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What is the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis?
It's simple.
Humans evolved from mermaids.
Simple, see?
Well no, not precisely. The aquatic ape theory is the most commonly ignored theory in modern day society. Even Charles Darwin, when first thought of the idea, thought he was going nuts because of aging and therefore stopped his research work on it. It was later again brought about by modern day scientists. And who you ask in specific brought this back? None other than Sir Alister Hardy.
Sir Alister Hardy
He was a marine biologist who in 1960, spoke at the British Sub Aqua Club about the totally fictional idea about what would have happened if mermaids actually existed. Then almost a month later, an article relating to that talk was published, which went by the name "Was man more aquatic in the past?"
The Theory
"Evolution" describes in detail that apes overtime had adapted to their new changing surroundings, thereby assuming evolution took place. Now these changes were further modified and then came the modern man. However, the AAT/H explains things from a different perspective. It suggests that during a turning phase in Earth's continental drifts, lands inhibited by prehistoric apes were prone to volcanic activity. Of course the creatures that roamed the surface of the planet then were smart enough to adapt with any sudden change, but that still doesn't explain how the large reptiles were annihilated.
When the seismic activity increased over time, flowing lava solidified onto new grounds, taking away living space. The theory suggests that the ape colony might have split into two new ones, in order to adapt to this changing environment. One sub-colony preferred to stay on land and find ways out, while the other decided to inundate a new world; the sea.
As much as silly as it may sound, it is not impossible. New studies reveal that the Pulmonoscorpius had evolved from sea-based genealogy. So why not us humans?
When the apes allegedly started to walk forward and deeper into the sea, they evolved with another set of marine characteristics that even some modern creatures tend to develop over a period of months, years, hours, or even seconds. These aquatic apes had also developed gills at the sides of their necks to respire, occasionally resurfacing to grasp a new mouthful of oxygen. Then next, their fingers began to web with each other and soon they had webbed hands, like how amphibians do. This allowed them to venture a little deeper into the sea, where they were able to catch fish and other marine creatures for a stable diet. The theory then says that their hind limbs had lost their ability to balance, therefore collecting all respective cells and tissue to form a perfectly lashing tail, which dared them to venture even deeper onto the sea floor where they would hide from predators. They had almost lost all their fur, too, in order for drag to not be created while swimming. This would have slowed them down and made it impossible to make an escape from predators.
Later on followed by a few million years (keep in mind that the once lost apes had now adapted themselves into the forms of so called mermaids. Soon, the sea was a dangerous place to live in. New predators had evolved overtime and the aquatic apes were defenseless against them. Their main predator was the (allegedly extinct) Megalodon.
The Megalodon was the great white of the prehistoric era, but if compared to the modern great white, the Megalodon would make it look almost cute. This giant shark would grow up to 20 metres, the longest recorded length of a Megalodon was 35 metres excluding it's tail and dorsal fins.
Theories suggest that half the grown population of the aquatic apes were either eaten by the Megalodon, or had died of starvation in competition with new predators for food.
Either way, the aquatic apes' ratio died out by 67%.
The other half, the theory says, were forced to flee back onto land* due to the unstable conditions in their marine life. Time was not up for evolution and therefore they re-evolved into another specie - the human kind.
Humans evolved from mermaids.
Simple, see?
Well no, not precisely. The aquatic ape theory is the most commonly ignored theory in modern day society. Even Charles Darwin, when first thought of the idea, thought he was going nuts because of aging and therefore stopped his research work on it. It was later again brought about by modern day scientists. And who you ask in specific brought this back? None other than Sir Alister Hardy.
He was a marine biologist who in 1960, spoke at the British Sub Aqua Club about the totally fictional idea about what would have happened if mermaids actually existed. Then almost a month later, an article relating to that talk was published, which went by the name "Was man more aquatic in the past?"
The Theory
"Evolution" describes in detail that apes overtime had adapted to their new changing surroundings, thereby assuming evolution took place. Now these changes were further modified and then came the modern man. However, the AAT/H explains things from a different perspective. It suggests that during a turning phase in Earth's continental drifts, lands inhibited by prehistoric apes were prone to volcanic activity. Of course the creatures that roamed the surface of the planet then were smart enough to adapt with any sudden change, but that still doesn't explain how the large reptiles were annihilated.
When the seismic activity increased over time, flowing lava solidified onto new grounds, taking away living space. The theory suggests that the ape colony might have split into two new ones, in order to adapt to this changing environment. One sub-colony preferred to stay on land and find ways out, while the other decided to inundate a new world; the sea.
As much as silly as it may sound, it is not impossible. New studies reveal that the Pulmonoscorpius had evolved from sea-based genealogy. So why not us humans?
When the apes allegedly started to walk forward and deeper into the sea, they evolved with another set of marine characteristics that even some modern creatures tend to develop over a period of months, years, hours, or even seconds. These aquatic apes had also developed gills at the sides of their necks to respire, occasionally resurfacing to grasp a new mouthful of oxygen. Then next, their fingers began to web with each other and soon they had webbed hands, like how amphibians do. This allowed them to venture a little deeper into the sea, where they were able to catch fish and other marine creatures for a stable diet. The theory then says that their hind limbs had lost their ability to balance, therefore collecting all respective cells and tissue to form a perfectly lashing tail, which dared them to venture even deeper onto the sea floor where they would hide from predators. They had almost lost all their fur, too, in order for drag to not be created while swimming. This would have slowed them down and made it impossible to make an escape from predators.
Later on followed by a few million years (keep in mind that the once lost apes had now adapted themselves into the forms of so called mermaids. Soon, the sea was a dangerous place to live in. New predators had evolved overtime and the aquatic apes were defenseless against them. Their main predator was the (allegedly extinct) Megalodon.
The Megalodon was the great white of the prehistoric era, but if compared to the modern great white, the Megalodon would make it look almost cute. This giant shark would grow up to 20 metres, the longest recorded length of a Megalodon was 35 metres excluding it's tail and dorsal fins.
Theories suggest that half the grown population of the aquatic apes were either eaten by the Megalodon, or had died of starvation in competition with new predators for food.
Either way, the aquatic apes' ratio died out by 67%.
The other half, the theory says, were forced to flee back onto land* due to the unstable conditions in their marine life. Time was not up for evolution and therefore they re-evolved into another specie - the human kind.
Researched Evidences
◘Humans have large sinuses. Large spaces are present between our cheeks, noses, foreheads and ears in the skull. It makes no rational sense as to why we do have this sort of feature, but the AAT/H sheds light on it by stating that this feature (sinuses) acted as buoyancy aids that helped keep our prehistoric ancestors' heads above the sea surface.
◘ Humans also have the habit of eating seafood, which is uncommon in the ape society. Perhaps this too, had developed from out ancient sea related habitat.
◘ And not to forget the biggest fact that humans can breathe through their mouths as well as their nose, both just as easy as blinking. This is most likely to have been evolved through aquatic adaptation, because a swimmer who needs to gulp in air rapidly can take in more through the mouth rather than the nose. So the only other sorts of mammals with a descended larynx (excluding us) are the aquatic ones.
◘The Moken people of East Asia have an incredible ability - to see underwater. Moken children, at a young age tend to have brighter underwater vision, as they slowly lose this ability as the grow older, thus retreating from water. This is solid evidence that the Mokens could be direct descendants of the aquatic apes.
◘Babies, when submerged underwater, tend to float on their own, see and breathe. This could be an adaptation that is slowly lost with age, but brought about by floating around in the mother's womb. Or rather, it could be another direct sign of the AAT/H.
Related Information
The theory has been taken into hands by Animal Planet, who produced a mockumentary based on the Aquatic Ape Theory called Mermaids: The Body Found. The two hour show (followed by a recently released sequel Mermaids: The New Evidence) was aired on Animal Planet as a true documentary, seeking audience to believe that every tape and found footage in the show was real. This still remains a conspiracy, and as much as experts may say the documentary is fake, the others say it is as real as you and I.
There's still time out there to discover who and what rules this planet other than us. But the AAH/T must be brought into public awareness before it dies out like another fairy tale.
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