There were two scientific conferences scheduled recently, both of which would address or were, to one degree or another, inspired by the “aquatic ape hypothesis” of evolution. One conference will feature speakers supporting the hypothesis, while the second will hold it up for satire and ridicule. Who says science isn’t a contact sport?
Next week, in London, the Royal Marsten School will sponsor the conference, “Human Evolution Past, Present & Future – Anthropological, Medical & Nutritional Considerations,” “a two-day symposium to explore new research and evidence which suggests that at some stage during the last few million years, our human ancestors were exposed to a period of semiaquatic evolution which led to the acquisition of unique and primordial human characteristics.” Speakers, including Sir David Attenborough, will voice support for the hypothesis.
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The mature female humpback whale that washed ashore dead on Long Beach Island last week was well known to scientists, who have tracked her for thirty seven years. Kimberly Durham, rescue program director of the Riverhead Foundation, described her as a “celebrity in the whale world.” The humpback was nicknamed 
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A few months ago, the Mississippi River was showing the effects of a near record drought. There was talk in December of 
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A 23 year old Croatian kite surfer, Matea Medak Rezic,