The Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins by Elaine Morgan, Souvenir Press, pp 196 12.95 Pounds.
How did the human species come to be? Under what conditions and for what purposes did humans evolve? Questions like these keep the topic of human evolution at the forefront of human interest. Elaine Morgan, well known as a screenwriter and author of books and articles on the aquatic ape theory, focuses here on the specific issues of what do our bodies suggest about our evolutionary past? At least one chapter is devoted to each 'scar:' bipedalism, naked skin, sweating, salty tears, fat, breathing and sex. All are entertainingly discussed with the hidden purpose of supporting the thesis that the human lineage went through a phase of living in the water like dolphins or seals before climbing ashore to become the fossil hominids that we know.
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