Many people seem to be really susceptible to discarding centuries of science-based bodies

of knowledge, the moment they hear some radical new idea that flies in the face of it.

This is pretty much what happened when the old discredited idea that humans used to be

more or less aquatic was given a pop culture rebirth by cable television not too long ago.

The aquatic ape theory is today on Skeptoid.

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The aquatic ape theory.

Today we're going to point the skeptical eye into the world of anthropology and shine

the light of science around to see what we can learn about one of the fringe theories

put forth to explain human evolution.

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