Submitted by violetmammal4694 t3_1231x4h in askscience
Gtronns t1_jdw86h9 wrote
Reply to comment by Lonely-Description85 in Why are nonhuman erect bipedal animals so rare? by violetmammal4694
Yeah, ive heard some theories like that, basically we are hairless water apes.
Ive also heard that we made leaps and bounds intelligence wise once when we started cooking our food with fire. Some theories say that we started eating cooked food after scavenging the remains after a forest fire, and finding cooked meat. Hard to say what actually happened, but i find that one to be a fun one.
Lonely-Description85 t1_jdw9g6x wrote
It would make sense, the smell of a well cooked deer from a forest fire might have engaged the hunger mechanism in our ancestors, I could get behind that idea.
mobappbrowse t1_jdwjwcw wrote
The “aquatic ape” theory has been largely dismissed. There’s no compelling evidence to support it.
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