Coastal Dispersal in Human Evolution

[marc verhaegen]

Human Evolution:
Proceedings of the Symposium held in London on 8-10th May 2013
"Human Evolution: Past, Present & Future"

SPECIAL EDITION PART 1 (end 2013)

Contents

Letter from Editor

Introduction
Peter Rhys-Evans

1. Human's Association with Water Bodies:
The ‘Exaggerated Diving Reflex’ and its Relationship with the Evolutionary
Allometry of Human Pelvic and Brain Sizes
Stephen Oppenheimer

2. Human Ecological Breadth:
Why Neither Savanna nor Aquatic Hypotheses Can Hold Water
JH Langdon

3. Endurance Running Versus Underwater Foraging:
An Anatomical and Palaeoecological Perspective
Stephen Munro

4. Wading Hypotheses of the Origin of Human Bipedalism
Algis Kuliukas

5. The Aquatic Ape Evolves:
Common Misconceptions and Unproven Assumptions About the So-Called Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
Marc Verhaegen

6. The Epigenetic Emergence of Culture at the Coastline:
Interaction of Genes, Nutrition, Environment and Demography
CL Broadhurst & Michael Crawford

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SPECIAL EDITION PART 2 (begin 2014)

Contents

7. Man's Place Among the Diving Mammals
A Fahlman & E Schagatay

8. The Origin of Articulate Language Revisited:
The Potential of a Semi-Aquatic Past of Human Ancestors to Explain the Origin of Human Musicality and Articulate Language
Mario Vaneechoutte

9. The Darwinian-Like Evolution of Language From Near Incipient Vernaculars to Modern Idioms
BH Bichakjian

10. Surfer's Ear (Aural Exostoses) Provides Hard Evidence of Man's Aquatic Past
PH Rhys Evans & M Cameron M

11. Human Brain Changes Resulting from an Aquatic Phase in Hominid Evolution
B Chiarelli

12. Dental Microwear and Diet:
As Indicators of Geographic and Cultural Contexts in Human Evolution
P-F Puech & B Pinilla

13. Aquatic Adapting of Human Newborns
Dirk Meijers

14. A Living Based on Breath-Hold Diving in the Bajau Laut
E Abrahamsson & E Schagatay

15. Human Breath-Hold Diving Ability
Erika Schagatay

16. Sara Campbell, World Champion in Deep Diving After 9 Months of Training –
How Is This Possible?
O Johansson & E Schagatay

17. The Global Crisis in Brain Nutrition and the Rise in Mental-Ill Health
MA Crawford, I Hussein, KB Nyuar & CL Broadhurst

18. What About the Future of Homo sapiens?
Michel Odent

Book Reviews

Chart Summarizing Aquatic Adaptations
WC Chan

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Hi Marc

where can I purchase these books or congress handouts?

Thanks
Heinz