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20 de ago. de 2013 · First proposed in the 1940s, the hypothesis states that humans' semiaquatic nature differentiates us from apes: Living on the banks of bodies of water, humans eventually learned to swim and...
15 de ago. de 2013 · ScienceShots. Evolution. Video: Swimming Apes Caught on Tape. Captive chimp and orangutan defy evolution and take to the water. 15 Aug 2013. By Kelly Servick. Share: No floaties required. Researchers now have the first video evidence that apes can learn to swim and dive. Like humans, wild apes exposed to deep water will fumble and flail.
The first detailed observations of swimming chimpanzees and orang-utans show they take to the water in the same way humans do. Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929293.600The...
14 de ago. de 2013 · The swimming strokes peculiar to humans and apes might be the result of an earlier adaptation to an arboreal life. For many years, zoos have used water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas...
Waterside hypotheses of human evolution assert that selection from wading, swimming and diving and procurement of food from aquatic habitats have significantly affected the evolution of the lineage leading to Homo sapiens as distinct from that leading to Pan.
16 de ago. de 2013 · Humans and apes, on the other hand, must learn to swim. The tree-dwelling ancestors of apes had less opportunity to move on the ground. They thus developed alternative strategies to cross small rivers, wading in an upright position or using natural bridges. They lost the instinct to swim.
14 de ago. de 2013 · The swimming strokes peculiar to humans and apes might be the result of an earlier adaptation to an arboreal life. For many years, zoos have used water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas...
