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The Scars of Evolution
The Scars of Evolution | Elaine Morgan
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Natural selection dictates that enduring changes to a species occur because of the need to adapt to changes in the environment. Elaine Morgan, author of The Descent of Woman and The Aquatic Ape, maintains that the human propensity for lower back pain, obesity, varicose veins, and other chronic conditions is the result of an earlier need for humans to survive a watery environment.
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The Scars of Evolution | Elaine Morgan
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I was an evolutionary anthropology minor at Duke, and this is one of the strangest books on #Evolution I‘ve ever read.

The author presents an argument that humans evolved from dolphins and whales as opposed to apes. It‘s ummm...interesting. 🤔😏 I remember being especially shocked at the part where we lost our fins! 😱

#StarTrekSummerMay

Cinfhen Oh god!!! Although I totally believe in mermaids so why not?!?!! 6y
Megabooks @Cinfhen Maybe mermaids 🧜‍♀️ are not fully evolved humans??? They‘re like the Homo erectus of the sea?? 🤔 6y
rretzler Ah - so that‘s the missing link!🤣 6y
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Megabooks @rretzler You never know!!! 😉 6y
dariazeoli I knew I connected to Ariel on a deep level! 🧜‍♀️ 6y
Geeklet :O Is it Aquatic Ape Theory? I fell down an Internet rabbit hole reading about that one day. I don‘t believe it for a second but it was so strange to read about it. 6y
tournevis Shaking my head so much right now I'm dizzy. 6y
Megabooks @dariazeoli 😁😁😁👍🏻 6y
Megabooks @Geeklet Yes, I believe so? I haven‘t read it in 20 years. 6y
Megabooks @tournevis It was an interesting class discussion with two major academics in the field. 6y
tournevis @Megabooks No doubt! 6y
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The Scars of Evolution | Elaine Morgan
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This book...not only is the cover weird/ugly, but also the book has a weird premise: humans evolved from whales. Yes. I was assigned this for a college class. The professor did not believe it, but for some reason, we had to read it. 🙄🙄😒

#uglycover #somethingforsept #weirdbook

mllemay 😂😂😂😂 at all of this!! I have no words 😂😂 8y
Kitta From WHALES?? 8y
Megabooks @Kitta Yes, we crawled up on land. It was seriously one of the strangest arguments I've ever read! 8y
MrBook O_o 8y
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