141. The Aquatic Ape Theory

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Anthropologists have gone back
and forth for decades about the

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exact time frame of human life
on Earth.

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One of the more popular beliefs
is that we originated in the

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forests of Africa, some eight or
nine million years ago, the

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ancestor in which
anthropologists believe that we

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evolved from is referred to as
the last common ancestor or LCA

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for short.
It is difficult to deal down

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exactly who this LCA was.
But whoever it was, there are in

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most General sense.
Five.

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Major branches of the
evolutionary tree that sprouted

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from this individual gorillas
chimps, bonobos orangutans,

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humans, all of which are
referred to as the greater Apes

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out of our evolutionary cousins.
We are vastly different.

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We look nothing alike.
We act nothing, like we're

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structured differently and we
like to believe that we are in.

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Incredibly smarter that one I'll
stay away from but the others we

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can address with all the
differences we see between

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ourselves and our ape cousins.
We need to ask the question.

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What went so different for us.
The accepted scientific answer

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is something referred to as this
Savannah hypothesis.

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Which evolved into what's
referred to as the mosaic model

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in a nutshell.
This states that our original

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home in the forests of Africa,
became Barren due to climate

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change at the time and due to
the receipt, Being of these

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Forest the incredibly size.
Grassland ecosystem.

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Now known as the African Savanna
took over our place of

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residence, and we adjust The
other Apes evolved from those

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that moved with the shrinking
forest, and we evolved from

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those that took the planes.
It was this that led humans to

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develop bipedalism hairless,
skin tool-making, increase

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intelligence and verbal
Communications or so science.

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Believed long story short, this
was proved false mainly things

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to another ancestor of ours, the
Australopithecus But we're not

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here to discuss why it was all
wrong.

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No we're here to discuss a
specific possibility of our

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history one.
That means dream science,

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immediately denies under any and
all circumstances.

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With that being said, Travelers
we dive into a theory that

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doesn't places into the vast
plains or forests of Africa, but

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the borders in which land meets
see we dive deep into the most

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rejected possibility of the
mold.

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Today we look into the Aquatic
ape Theory and we'll come back.

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To infinite rabbit.
Welcome back to infinite.

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Rathole everybody.
I'm your host Jeremy and today

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did it go.
Go deep into some crazy stuff.

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I'll tell you the research that
I did for this particular

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subject, really blew my mind.
There was a lie here and

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honestly when I first started
it, there wasn't a lot that I

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really was banking on.
I was like, you know, this is an

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interesting subject, but by the
time I was done building this

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presentation, I can help it.
There's so much here, there's so

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much that makes you think.
And I hope that you guys get the

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same out of this.
So, without further Ado, I

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present to you the infinite
Rabbit Hole presents, aquatic

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ape Theory, Now, before I begin
this presentation on the Aquatic

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ape Theory I would like to make
one thing.

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Clear, I'm not presenting this
in a way to prove the existence

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of merfolk that is not what this
theory is about.

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The meat of this Theory
describes the two or three

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million years.
We may have been water-bound

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somewhere along our
evolutionary, life, span in

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comparison, whales or stations
have a traceable evolutionary,

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life span of roughly 70 million
years, as a solely water-based

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life-form, And seals as 25
million year span as mostly

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aquatic.
No, one of the best comparisons

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of this theory is the otter.
Alters our land-based mammals

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with some Aquatic Life Styles
they eat, breathe mate, sleep!

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Do a majority of their daily
tasks outside of the water.

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The Aquatic ape Theory describes
a time where early hominids

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would have been adapted to a
life closely associated with

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water.
If you look at just the skeletal

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structure of an otter would You
are any scientist completely

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unfamiliar with this animal know
that it had a lifestyle that

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relied so heavily on bodies of
water.

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No, it's skeletal structure
would look similar to Badgers

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weasels, minks, ferrets.
And others of this shapely

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frame, it is no secret.
We are a lot different from our

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ape cousins and the Aquatic ape
Theory.

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Dives into that division.
From the point of view, that we

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may have lived a more water
Reliant lifestyle in the past.

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Aquatic ape theory in 1942, a
man by the name of Max Weston

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who offer brought up the idea
that maybe we spent time living

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in Aquatic Life Style some time.
In our history, the idea was

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more claimed as the only other
quote, genius alternative,

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hypothesis by wesen Hoffer, but
it was ignored and ridiculed by

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the majority of the scientific
Community.

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Since then there have been a few
that have come forward and

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defense of this idea, mostly
notable sir Alistair Hardy in

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the 60s and presently laying
more.

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Organ who unfortunately passed
away.

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Just a few years ago, whose
book, The Aquatic ape hypothesis

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to.
I used heavily for the research

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of this presentation in a
nutshell Morgan describes, the

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Aquatic ape Theory as quote,
that the events, which diverted

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our own ancestors along, and
unusual evolutionary path has

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something to do with water.
Most of the evidence of this

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comes in the comparison of our
anatomy to those of the other

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great apes which will do soon.
But before we do that, let's

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look at geography and fossils
from as far north Worth is the

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country of Jordan to as far
south as the Southeast coast of

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Mozambique a, a distance that
spans roughly 4,000 miles.

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There is an area of Africa,
known as the Great Rift Valley,

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this natural land full of deep
massive Ravines basins and

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trenches was one of the few
places on Earth that were home

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to Lush vegetation and gigantic
Lakes during the last major ice

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age.
This is where at least some of

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our ancestors called home today
and in the history of

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anthropology this has been a
gold mine of discovery about our

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past.
Cast in a major majority of the

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fossils found of hominids were
along the shores of these Great

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Lakes.
Does that answer our question?

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Nope.
Unfortunately, there are a few

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things to understand about
fossils and life in general, if

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there is water, there's life,
whether it is fresh water, or

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along the shores of the oceans,
life is there.

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We can expect that we were to
another benefit of the

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coastline.
Is the sediment that is

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commonly, found around body's
water, and the sediment is an

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excellent Preserve.
Of bones for fossilization due

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to the large amount of natural
minerals.

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That when Harden over many years
becomes something known as

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sedimentary.
Rock the sedimentary rock, is

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what we find fossils in, and the
study of this process is known

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as taphonomy.
Think of it.

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This way, if something dies near
the water, there is a chance

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that the body gets trapped in
the sediment and is gone

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forever, unless dug up but if
something dies in the grassland

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on the forest one or two things
happens, they get eaten or they

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did.
Okay, so unfortunately.

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No, this does not like the
theory and fact but it doesn't

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hurt the oldest discovered
fossils of early hominids are

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found in the northern portions
of the Great Rift Valley or

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Northeastern corner of the
continent of Africa.

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The belief is that this is where
the earliest hominins roughly

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3.7 million years ago, began
their evolutionary journey and

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through their time on the shores
of the fast lakes that once were

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they would have become very
reliant on the water as a source

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for food hydration mobility and
Patient will awareness.

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But wouldn't you think that, if
early hominid spent a

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considerable amount of time
water-bound?

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Our legs would never have grown
so long and our hands and feet

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would have begun adapting into
webbed appendages.

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Like you see in Doc's are
flippers, like you see in seals

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and other Aquatic and sub
aquatic creatures.

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Well, it is true that many
Aquatic and semi aquatic

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creatures with legs, have very
short Pantages, and it is very

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easy to see why the question
would arise.

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But what about Orcs cranes and
herons could we have gone down

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that path of evolutions for a
long legs.

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If you look at the other Apes
gorillas pans which are chimps

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and bonobos and poem goes more
commonly known as a ranch hands,

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have short legs in comparison to
rest their bodies.

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The Savannah Theory claims that
we have longer legs due to

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having to run across vast areas
of open Plains in order to stay

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alive.
But what if it had, a more

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aquatic reason like that of her
feathery, friends?

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The The theory had its time in
the Limelight for the majority

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of time.
We spent researching the ancient

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African landscape but recently a
new theory has risen this King

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that being the Mosaic Theory.
The Mosaic theory is backed by

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many recent discoveries and more
or less Common Sense.

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There was water in the area of
the Great Rift Valley. 326

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million years ago, this we know
due to the number of fossils of

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Aquatic and sub aquatic species
that have been found in these

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fast.
Valleys the Mosaic theory

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states.
That instead of being an area,

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Where there was nothing but wide
open, Savannah.

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And then, all of a sudden there
were these huge bodies of water.

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There were patches of forest
along the water and stretched

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out and vague checkerboard like
patterns that became more sparse

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as the forest began to give way
into the Savannah.

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This allows for our ape cousins
to evolve side by side with us

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which answers the mystery of
why.

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So many of their fossils were
also found in the same areas

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that are less.
Common ancestors were also found

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but it also takes away.
The reason for science is

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favorite theory of why we lost
our hairy bodies and grower long

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legs.
If other Apes that live beside

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us, never changed in the same
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The question of why we did still
applies bipedalism, it is no

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secret that the most glaring
difference between us and the

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other great apes is that we
consistently walk on two legs.

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Although our ape cousins can
walk bipedally at times.

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Their favorite mode of
locomotion is on all fours.

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It was a concept.
We brought up by the famed

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American zoologist of the early
mid 1900s, William King Gregory

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that, by P lism in early.
Hominids came naturally, after

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we left the trees and began to
hunt it, allowed us to move fast

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more efficiently, but if it was
such a great change in our

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physical structure, why wasn't
it adopted by other mammalian

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creatures?
The truth is that there are a

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lot more benefits to being
quadrupedal than there is to

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being bipedal for one.
All of your weight is

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distributed buta done for
appendages.

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This allows for more efficiency
in energy usage for a higher.

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Durance threshold allows the
young to maneuver their bodies

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quicker after birth and allows
for easier, birthing of young

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among the benefits.
The most important besides

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energy cost is speed.
I mean you ever try to raise

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your dog.
Yeah you're probably going to

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win that race bipedal ISM.
Also has some major flaws such

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as balancing on two feet, is
incredibly hard to do.

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Then on for and when attacked
humans, typically fall to the

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ground.
Vital organs are openly exposed

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more surface area.
Exposed the weather, especially

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around, are temperature
sensitive, organs harder to hide

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without giving up a quick means
of escape and Agility is far

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less effective than knows on
four legs.

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In fact, out of the few animals
that have evolved to become

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bipedal, most of them become
airborne such as birds and bats.

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The only other creatures to
spend a decent amount of time on

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their hind legs are marsupials,
such as kangaroos, but even they

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do not walk on two legs is their
favorite mode of locomotion

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rather.
It is primarily done in order to

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allow their young to remain in
their pouch during movement.

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Otherwise they walked around
four legs.

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The young could just slip right
out the majority of the time in

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a moving State, Kangaroos, and
other marsupials will choose to

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use all fours.
But what about apes and monkeys?

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A lot of us have seen videos
Where other primates are walking

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on two legs.
The truth is most primates are

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what we call break eaters
brachiation is a form of

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locomotion using trees.
This form of arboreal motion, is

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commonly seen as swinging, from
limb to Limb and primate bodies

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are structurally built to
maximize the use of this form of

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movement hips are splayed.
Feet often are used as

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additional hands long arms and
short legs are used for better

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balance in some species.
The tail is used as a fifth

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appendage.
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referred to as semi break
eaters, which makes sleeping and

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short periods of walking on two
legs, while on a flat ground to

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their modes of motion.
But even when they are on the

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ground and walking on two legs,
their legs are bowed hips Sway,

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and elongated stripe patterns.
And their arms are out to their

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sides is that they were walking
a tightrope, their bodies are

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just not made for a permanent
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So, if we look back to the
aforementioned LCA or last

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common ancestor and we ponder
about the different branches

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that it eventually evolved into
why did gorillas and chimps

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evolve knuckle walking to a
point that has been around for

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such a long time that the young
are even born with pads used for

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this form of locomotion
orangutans, of develop fist.

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Walking is seems that none of
these Apes had developed a

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period of bipedalism at all.
And why is it that throughout

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our fossil record?
We have never found evidence

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that we as modern humans have
ever doweled in quadrupedal ISM

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even though all of the Apes I As
mentioned, including us at one

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point, came out of the trees and
began moving along the ground

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floor of the forest.
You would think that we all just

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in similar ways but that just
didn't happen.

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Why the Pains of walking, it is
true that the human body is

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prone to lower back, pains
hernias and even hemorrhoids and

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the cause of this is very well
believed to be are perpendicular

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walking style.
If we look back to a few things

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that I presented earlier.
In particular speed and energy

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costs, we find that bipedalism
hurts.

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Our chance of survival.
In a wild setting, it makes a

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slow due to the use of half.
The number of Limbs used to

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propel us forward and more air
resistance from our upward

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posture and it uses a ton of
energy.

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Both being critical to survival
when you're trying not to become

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lunch to something.
That is running all fours.

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Into the water.
Primates are the only animal

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that became strictly bipedal.
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picture, any quadrupedal mammal,
other than a primate in the

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water.
How are they moving?

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It is believed that primates do
this in order to breathe because

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if they were to remain
quadrupedal in the water, they

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would drown.
But that would also be true for

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other four-legged mammals as
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The answer lies in the muscular
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primates and if one of Or to
spend a reasonable amount of

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time in the water, say a few
million years, how would it walk

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when it came out of the water?
Now, keep in mind, I'm not

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talking about a strictly
water-based life.

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I am referring to a primarily
water based lifestyle.

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You may have noticed that in the
last segment, I failed to

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mention one of the most
prominent great members, the

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bonobo, the bonobo aka the pygmy
chimpanzee is a different case

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compared to the others primarily
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Are the bonobos environment is
different from that of gorillas

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chimps and orangutans.
Their environment is very prone

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to flooding and has historical
evidence that the area was even

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wetter than it is today.
But what about all of this is

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interesting?
Well, although bonobos are

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considered to use all four
appendages while in the trees,

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they are considered to be
bipedal while on the ground.

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They also show uncharacteristic
Comforts in the waters of the

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swamps around the trees that
they live in.

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They run plays swim and forage
for food on Swamp floor.

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When they are not in the safety
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He's with recent studies showing
that chimps and bonobos began

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their separate evolutionary
paths.

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Only 1.7 million years ago,
could bonobos offer us a peek

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into what early life is humans.
Look like all the bonobo does

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share one thing with us that
other great apes do not long

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legs compared to all other
known, great apes, bonobos and

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humans share legs, roughly
proportional to each other.

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In comparison to the rest of
their bodies, the bonobos

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closest living relative.
The chimpanzee has short stubby

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legs.
In the nude.

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Fun fact humans have more hair
follicles per square inch on top

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of their heads.
Then any other great ape in any

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part of their bodies, why was it
to protect us from the Sun and

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spot of our bodies that directly
faces the glowing source of skin

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cancer in the sky?
Maybe.

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But first, let's dive into
another question.

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Why are we Newt modern
scientists believe in a few

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reasons?
Why this could have happened?

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Maybe it was evolutionary
beneficial because it protected

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us, Us from harboring, an
abundance of parasites.

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Or maybe it was just a way to
cool us down.

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But how would we stay warm or
maybe our lcas found one

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individual without hair and
thought it was nice to look at

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and that individual fathered
other hairless versions of

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itself and those Offspring
became sought after but to

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understand naked Apes AKA
humans, we might be fighting an

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uphill battle by looking at
other Apes for reference,

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because there are none that we
know of.

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So we may have better luck by
looking outside The family and

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seeing what we have in common
with others in the taxonomical

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class of mammalia.
First, I would like to explain

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that we as humans are, what's
referred to as audible morphic

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audible morphe is the term.
Used to describe when a certain

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member of a family of animals
stands out, for one reason or

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the other.
The kicker here is that out of

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the morphe happens for a reason,
polar bears, Arctic wolves,

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arctic, foxes, and ptarmigans
are all white versions of their

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family trees.
Why all of these use the color

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white to camouflage and snow
environments.

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All of them have a reason that
they are the way they are and

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together.
They create their own family of

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sorts based on the environment
they live in.

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So what is the reason why we
stand out?

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What is our family outside of
the great apes?

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Well, here we are, looking at
the water again.

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Almost all of the naked species
of mammals in the world are at

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least semi-aquatic or have some
history.

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As once being an animal reliant
on a water based lifestyle.

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The only exceptions are the
naked Somalian mole rat, which

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never willingly comes the
surface and daylight certain

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pachyderms such as elephants,
rhinos and pigs and well, us

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humans note.
The term Pachyderm is no longer

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used.
This once accepted taxonomic

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family has been segregated to
better present its members.

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Want to know the real funny
thing about all the old

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pachyderms that live a life
mostly away from water.

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They're all great swimmers.
Yep.

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Pigs are good.
Swimmers elephants are really

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good swimmers interesting huh.
In addition to that elephants.

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Pigs.
And biomes all spend

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considerable amount of time in
water or covering themselves in

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mud in order to help themselves
against the sun and the heat

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examples of the known naked.
Mammals that live in aquatic or

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semi Aquatic Life, styles are
hippos, walruses, manatees and

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dugongs.
Yes.

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And the reason that these
mammals are the way that they

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are is most likely that hair or
fur does not insulate as well as

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it is supposed to.
When it's wet, blubber and fat

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are thought to have been traded
in due to being much better

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insulators in water.
So let's see what our skin has

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in common with these fat water
levers, one virtually naked

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skin.
We talked about this already to

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our skin is much thicker than
any other primates and that is

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on par with the other.
Water-based naked mammals in

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comparison to their land
dwelling, family, and three.

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We have a considerably thicker
layer of fat directly under our

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skin compared to our
counterparts in the eighth

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family coincidences.
Wow, let's look at that for a

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minute.
There are two types of mammals

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that are known to have excessive
amount of fat, build up, these

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being aquatic, mammals and
hibernating mammals.

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And there is absolutely nothing.
Our fossil record to make us

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think that our ancestors ever
hibernated for the winter.

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R+ those that do Hibernia
covered in fur, their fat does

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not adhere to their skin and
their fatty tissue is a seasonal

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characteristic, not permanent.
But another thing to look at,

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when it comes to fat, is our
infants, human?

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Infants are incredibly fat when
they are born compared to other

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apes and other.
Mammals this growth of that

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continues until we are about a
year old.

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This is also a common phenomenon
in one other group of mammals,

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you guessed.
It aquatic mammals.

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Another comparison between
Aquatic and Land Based mammals

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when it comes to fat, is the
distribution of the fat.

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Mammals this spend their lives
landlocked tend to have the

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majority of the fat in their
bodies.

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Congregated around the major
organs like the heart, liver and

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kidneys, whereas Aquatic and
semi-aquatic mammals have the

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majority of their fat just under
the dermis layer.

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Want to take a guess as to where
the majority of our fat is in

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our body even with those that
are in great shape.

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Honestly I think you know, Know
where I'm going with this.

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Water excretion.
Did you know that the only

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mammal known to produce tears
coming from their eyes, due to

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an emotional response other than
a human is an elephant.

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Yes, it's true that many claim
that horses and rhinos also

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produce tears during various
emotional states.

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But neither has been proven to
be caused by an emotion.

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Not something I'm using in this
argument, but food for thought,

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for sure.
Instead of looking at tears

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though, let's take a look at
another form of moisture

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excretion from our bodies,
sweat.

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Argument begins with one
question.

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If humans, apparently evolved
from an ancestor that spent its

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life In the Heat of the
prehistoric African savanna.

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Then why are we so bad at
retaining water?

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Here's what I mean, a loss of
10% of the water in our body can

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be lethal for almost any human
and extremely difficult to

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recover from.
And we lose more water than any

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other mammal per pound of body
weight with, almost everything

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we do in our daily life,
sleeping crying, breathing

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urinating, defecating and
sweating to name a few on top of

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a low drinking.
King capacity, but almost every

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other mammal in the world comes
up to 20% of its bodily

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moisture.
It recover at a much more

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successful and quicker rate.
Another thing to look at in the

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topic of water economy in our
bodies is how come we are

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incredibly sweaty compared to
any other mammal in the world.

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There are two primary parties
when it comes to this question.

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One is that we develop such a
sliding mechanism to cools off

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in the heat, the sun-baked,
grasslands, but then again, why

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would we do that?
If we are so, To water loss and

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the other is that there is no
way.

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We develop sweating due to a dry
climate because it is

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counterproductive.
If we sweat to keep cool but

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also dehydrate ourselves in the
process without access to water

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and which the argument is yet
again that because we did

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develop such a sweating
mechanism.

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There must have been plenty of
water rapidly available to feed

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the constantly deprived
reservoirs and moisture in our

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bodies, which is an awesome
argument for the idea that we

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did not develop due to To a dry
Savanna.

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But rather a water-filled swampy
Forest.

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So how do other animals cool
down?

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Their bodies on a hot day?
The answer is panting panting

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has been adopted by most mammals
as a way to regulate body

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temperature and is seen in our
Arab cousins as well.

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It is also extremely efficient
at dispersing heat, that enters

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the body from the surrounding
environment.

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Yes, it is true that humans will
pants when running or exercising

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but the reason we pant is not to
controller.

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Temperature.
But to allow for an increase

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oxygen usage per the demand of
the activity.

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Yet another thing that separates
us from, not just other mammals

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but the other great apes as
well.

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All in all, when you really
think about it, there must have

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been an incredible amount of
time living in aquatic or semi

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Aquatic Life somewhere in human
history, on the basis of fluid

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excretion alone, non panting
animals, all live and Aquatic

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Life Style.
There is no reason to pants and

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water with a thick layer of fat
in The danger of drowning at the

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body naturally goes into such
breathing technique, while

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00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:39,200
underwater so far.
We have discussed that.

455
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,300
We cannot have developed bipedal
ISM.

456
00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:43,900
And the way that history tells
us, we could not have developed

457
00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:46,300
fatty bodies in the way.
History tells us, we cannot have

458
00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:49,100
developed new bodies in a way
that history tells us and we

459
00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:51,900
could not have survived.
If we develop sweating due to

460
00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:55,200
the way, history tells us, but
an aquatic period in our

461
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,700
history.
Before we left the plains of

462
00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:01,500
Africa does work.
Breathing in speech, another

463
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:04,500
physical characteristic that
separates humans from the other

464
00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:07,500
greater apes and almost.
All other mammals is the

465
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,500
development of a descended
larynx.

466
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,700
It has been long believed that
this is why humans have

467
00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,900
developed speech but this has
been proven to be false.

468
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,100
But what is strange is that the
only other mammals that are

469
00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:24,500
known to have descended?
Lyrics' are dugongs walruses and

470
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:27,200
sea lions.
So why is it that we developed a

471
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,200
larynx that lays lower in our
Then almost all of our mammalian

472
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,400
class members.
It is a common misconception

473
00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:37,700
that if a human has developed
it, then it is better than

474
00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:41,200
everything else that is wrong
and it is wrong.

475
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:45,500
In this instance, a descended
larynx is the root of why humans

476
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,100
have higher rates of inhaling
their own vomit.

477
00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:51,800
Consider a major factor in
sudden, infant death syndrome

478
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,200
and increases the chance of
choking on your food, the

479
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,100
lyrics, by the way, is what is
commonly referred to as the

480
00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:00,800
voice box.
And his job is to open to allow

481
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,700
air into the lungs and close the
block food from entering.

482
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,800
Other mammals have larynxes that
connect to the hard palate

483
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,000
behind the roof of the mouth.
This is a much better design and

484
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,000
allows for much lower chances of
choking on food and vomit

485
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,800
getting into your trachea.
Having a higher larynx also

486
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,800
limits other animals to a
primarily nostril breathing

487
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,700
technique.
Whereas humans are also

488
00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:24,000
primarily nasal breathers.
But have the ability to change

489
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,300
to predominantly oral breathing
when wanted or needed?

490
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,600
So Again, why do we have a
descendent larynx?

491
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:35,700
If it is such a disadvantage.
Well, let's look once again at

492
00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:39,100
the other animals that share the
trait, the mammal world, the

493
00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:42,000
previously mentioned walruses,
dugongs, and sea lions.

494
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,200
All have the same basic setup
that we do.

495
00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:47,400
And what do they do?
That is vastly different than

496
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,100
any others.
They gulp are other Aquatic

497
00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:54,300
animals, do not gulp Air.
Instead, they will simply hold

498
00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:56,200
their breath after a simple
inhale.

499
00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:00,700
These mammals are also notably
able to become mouth breathers

500
00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,200
when necessary like humans.
And if we look outside the mail

501
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:08,300
class and look at the avians,
for example, birds that do not

502
00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:12,900
dive into water or knows
breathers, only the birds that

503
00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:17,300
dive such as Ducks geese, the
core markets have the ability to

504
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:19,300
breathe their mouths, when
needed.

505
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,600
But yet again, that has to be
just another coincidence, right?

506
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:30,600
Speech Elaine, Borg and put it
best Quote, the doctor may ask

507
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,000
you to breathe in or cough but
he does not say things like

508
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,200
well.
Now I'd like you to slow down

509
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,900
your heart beat or Kylie, sweat
into this bottle for me and an

510
00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:43,500
ape is in the same position when
asked to other speech, other

511
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:47,300
great apes may want to or maybe
ready to, but they lack the

512
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:50,200
ability in their Anatomy to do
so.

513
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,400
And the muscles that they laugh
are not in the mouth of throat,

514
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,600
it's in their chest and allow
the chest to expand and contract

515
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,700
which pushes a control flow of
air.

516
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,500
Through the throat past the
lyrics and out of the mouth

517
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:04,500
producing a sound that we've
referred to as a voice at

518
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,000
varying ranges.
So without these muscles

519
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,800
speeches impossible for other
Apes.

520
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,300
But why do we have these
muscles?

521
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:13,500
That allow us to blow out
birthday cakes.

522
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,500
Singing in the choir blow into
breathalyzers or yell at the top

523
00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,800
of her lungs.
And why don't our mammal family

524
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,500
members have them?
Well, there happens to be

525
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:25,800
something referred to as the
diving reflex or what is

526
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,700
scientifically known as the
bradycardia effect.

527
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,700
This is the term given to the
phenomenon in which all

528
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:36,200
unwilling mammals one submerge
into Waters at different

529
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,600
temperatures than the
surrounding.

530
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,900
Air will unwillingly.
Have their heartbeat, slowed and

531
00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:44,400
more oxygen sent to the brain.
This effect can be seen in

532
00:29:44,408 --> 00:29:47,800
humans that have only their face
submerged in cold water as well.

533
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,100
And this physiological response
allows for a longer time in

534
00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:54,000
which a mammal can hold their
breath underwater compared to

535
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,800
out of water.
But the trick here is that

536
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,700
typically the subject cannot
know that.

537
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,600
They will be submerged into
water and the Natural Instinct

538
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,400
of the body in a situation where
it does not know when it's next

539
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,800
breath, will be causes the heart
to slow down which uses less

540
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,500
oxygen and most of the oxygen
available in the body will be

541
00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:13,600
forced to the brain.
In order to ensure that

542
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,600
Consciousness is extended all
leading to a longer period of

543
00:30:16,608 --> 00:30:20,300
holding breath.
While underwater when studies

544
00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:23,600
were conducted in the 1960s and
Beyond it was found that humans

545
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,800
due to their ability of coping
and their ability to control the

546
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,700
rate of air entering and leaving
the body.

547
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,900
Were able to perform much better
when compared to other mammals

548
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,500
especially Apes.
Humans are also able to create

549
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:38,800
buoyancy in a way that other non
aquatic animals.

550
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,700
Cannot we do this, not only
because of the fat layer

551
00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:44,700
attached to our skin, but also
because of our ability to gulp

552
00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:47,300
an air, and the muscles that are
needed in order to keep it

553
00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,900
there.
Now, before we finish up with

554
00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:52,900
breathing and speech want to
point out, one more observation

555
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:54,700
that was made in Lane Morgan's
book.

556
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:58,400
The Aquatic ape hypothesis.
That being that apes are well

557
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,800
known.
To have adapted visual signaling

558
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,800
in order to communicate, it has
even been proven that various

559
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,300
species contain the ability to
learn sign language as a way to

560
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,900
directly communicate with
humans.

561
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,700
But in the wild their visual
language looks more like a

562
00:31:13,708 --> 00:31:16,800
waving of the arms jumping
kicking and in some cases

563
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,900
clapping all meaning various
things, depending on where you

564
00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:23,400
are, studying the animals but
make no mistake about it.

565
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,000
They do communicate.
So why did we not go down a

566
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,700
similar path?
Why do we use our voice instead?

567
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,200
Well, Elaine Morgan's argument
is that if we were mostly

568
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,000
submerged in water, or at least
spent a really good portion of

569
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,700
time in water, then visual
signals would have been useless

570
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,300
another individual inside or
outside.

571
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:46,300
The water would not be able to
see what you were trying to say

572
00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:49,000
to them.
If you are up to your neck in

573
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,300
water, and the question that
remains unanswered bibs and we

574
00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,500
develop speech as a way to
communicate. you to our

575
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:59,400
environment, which may have been
a bit wetter than we are told

576
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:04,300
that was Other head scratchers.
Before we sign off, on this

577
00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:06,800
subject, there are a few smaller
points to make.

578
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:09,600
So in this section of the
presentation, I'll dive into a

579
00:32:09,608 --> 00:32:12,500
few other aspects of the Aquatic
ape theory that do not fit into

580
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:14,200
the sections.
I previously covered.

581
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:17,600
And the first thing that we need
to go over is sex.

582
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,000
There are only three land.
Mammals in the world that have

583
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,900
been proven to have sex in a
face-to-face position.

584
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,800
Humans are the most prevalent
and will typically do this as

585
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,500
the most common sexual position
for the species but gorillas

586
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,600
orangutans.
The bonobos have been witnessed

587
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,900
doing so as well.
Bonobos choose the missionary

588
00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:39,500
position about half of the time
where orangutans and gorillas

589
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:43,200
choose it very infrequently.
Up until recently, it was

590
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,700
believed that only humans had
sex in such a fashion.

591
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,600
But where else in the animal
kingdom is this practice?

592
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:54,000
Seen, you guessed it, an aquatic
and semi aquatic species, whales

593
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,900
dolphins, and even beavers all
typically have sex in a

594
00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:59,400
face-to-face position.
But how about the menstrual

595
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,500
cycle of the human female?
Or any coincidence that the

596
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:06,800
typical cycle last 29, and a
half days, which is exactly the

597
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,600
same length of the lunar cycle.
There are no known land.

598
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,900
Mammals that follow any lunar
cycles for any part of their

599
00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:17,600
biological day, but there are
plenty of ocean species that are

600
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,200
synced with the lunar cycle in
regard to the biological

601
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,400
activities which are much more
important than on land.

602
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,500
Due to the tides being directly
related to the lunar phases.

603
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,300
One of the most intriguing
physical features of the human

604
00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:31,100
body when it comes to the
Aquatic ape Theory.

605
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,700
Yuri is the nose, the closest
thing to the human nose and

606
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,900
nature is that of the proboscis
monkey and science has its

607
00:33:37,900 --> 00:33:40,100
theories.
As to why that knows developed

608
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:42,500
the way it did.
Our nose is on the other hand,

609
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,900
differ from all of the others
because of a structured, attach

610
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:49,000
the skull referred to, as the
nasal spine.

611
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,600
This is the little point of the
skull that protrudes out to a

612
00:33:52,608 --> 00:33:56,200
point just above the upper lip
and below the nasal cavity.

613
00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:59,900
Honestly, I didn't even know
this existed but it is due to

614
00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:02,800
this little feature that are no.
Is not just as Flappy as an

615
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,800
elephant's trunk.
The nose drops down from an area

616
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,699
between the eyes and continues
away from the skull following

617
00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:11,500
cartilage.
This is why the nose is movable

618
00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:14,500
to an extent with the nasal
spine, under the bottom of the

619
00:34:14,507 --> 00:34:17,199
nose.
These internal structures create

620
00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:19,800
downward pointed nose, that
looks nothing like anything in

621
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,800
the Animal World primates,
typically have two holes above

622
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,100
their lips that are not
protruding from the facial

623
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:28,000
structure.
Our nasal structure comes in

624
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,300
handy in one situation, diving
into water The Apes have a

625
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:35,900
notoriously bad time in water,
due to water easily entering the

626
00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:39,900
nasal passageways, but this is
not the case for humans.

627
00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:43,199
Once learned how to swim without
getting water in your nose.

628
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,800
This becomes incredibly easy and
more or less a habit instead of

629
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,199
consciously stress activity, but
the mysteries of the nose don't

630
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,699
end there.
Now let's look at the part of

631
00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:55,800
the upper lip known as the
philtrum which is the vertical

632
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,900
Groove between the base of the
nose and the border of the upper

633
00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:02,700
lip for one.
No other primate has developed

634
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:06,200
if her lips like that of a human
many humans, without a mustache

635
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,300
can push their lips into their
nostrils with their fingers

636
00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:11,400
before submerging themselves in
the water.

637
00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:14,200
This of course, takes some
practice, but once mastered the

638
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,400
lips stay in place perfectly.
Stop any water from entering the

639
00:35:17,408 --> 00:35:19,700
nostrils.
Of course, this was probably

640
00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:23,200
more predominant before we begin
to adapt to life outside of the

641
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:24,700
water.
But if you look at the formation

642
00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:27,700
of the upper lip, the philtrum
does match the tissue structure

643
00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:30,200
between nostrils and the
fattiest parts are lips are

644
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,300
directly.
The holes in your nose.

645
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,800
I thought that this was very
interesting and I had to test it

646
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,300
with my kids, it worked, but the
lives easily fell away with any

647
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,600
twitch of the facial muscles or
Too Fast Change in Direction.

648
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,800
Anyways, I know this was a
pretty quick one on a very, very

649
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,700
dense subject.
But all in all the research into

650
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:54,200
this topic has really increased
my interest into a subject that

651
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:57,400
honestly didn't, hold much
weight for me, but the arguments

652
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,500
put forward by the authors of
the books and articles, I read

653
00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,300
through our church, Truly
eye-opening.

654
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:05,700
The fact of the matter is that
we came from somewhere, our

655
00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:09,100
history is a thing, but did we
come from the dry?

656
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,700
Arid?
Savannah, the prehistoric East

657
00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:13,200
Africa.
I personally no longer believe

658
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,300
that is the case.
There are just too many things

659
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:20,100
that do not connect from anyone.
Why did the adoptions that our

660
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,600
biology made not happen in
others that share the same space

661
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,900
with us?
There is an incredible amount of

662
00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:29,700
material on the subject and if
there is enough to man, I

663
00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:31,900
believe that I can extend this
presentation to a second.

664
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:35,500
Now, so sometime down the road.
So please, if you did enjoy this

665
00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:37,900
and want to know more reach out,
let me know.

666
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,100
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667
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,100
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that will never see the free

681
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:32,600
Spotlight ever again.
It's horrible stuff.

682
00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:37,000
If you're into that kind of
thing, and go check that Second

683
00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,600
head on over to into the rabbit
hole.com and click on the irh

684
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,500
merch shop Tab and grab
yourself, a sweet t-shirt

685
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:47,200
sticker or whatever else.
You see that you were mine own,

686
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,900
until next time, travelers, I'm
Jeremy.

687
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,200
And I'll see you at the next
fork in the path of the infinite

688
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:55,800
rabbit hole.