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Aquatic Ape theory

Sythe said:
I saw a TED talk about this no so long ago. I would need to research it more, but it seems like an interesting possibility
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It explains alot of stuff. Only a few animals can hold their breath, human is one of them. Humans can swim, other apes can't. Our muscles are near to our bones, so we become more streamlined. Other apes muscles are longer, and compared to us, far away from bones.
Humans are almost hairless. Why? It's often thought that the reason is that Africa is so hot ( the first humans came from Africa. ) But no. Hair is only a bad thing if you're a water animal. Hippoes and elephants don't have hair, yet they live in Africa. But they also spend lots of time in water.
Our hair is good for children to hang on it when they are so small that they can't swim.
Also humans are the only kind of apes that actually enjoy being in the water. Swim pools etc.

http://www.aquaticape.org/
 
It's certainly an interesting idea, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to true. I have seen several monkeys swimming in zoos though, I don't think it's true that humans are the only primates to exhibit this behaviour.

This quote from the wikipedia page is a pretty good explanation for anyone who doesn't want to read the whole thing.

My thesis is that a branch of this primitive ape-stock was forced by competition from life in the trees to feed on the sea-shores and to hunt for food, shell fish, sea-urchins etc., in the shallow waters off the coast. I suppose that they were forced into the water just as we have seen happen in so many other groups of terrestrial animals. I am imagining this happening in the warmer parts of the world, in the tropical seas where Man could stand being in the water for relatively long periods, that is, several hours at a stretch.
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