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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1983)
Texas A&M Battalion Thursday, April 1, 1983/The Battalion/Page 1B Tradition-bucking author asserts man’s past ‘fishy’ United Press International NEW YORK — Elaine Mor gan thinks there’s something fishy about man’s past. Bucking anthropological tra dition, the British author argues that many differences between man and ape are due to what she calls an “aquatic interlude” in man’s evolution — a period when his ancestors spent most of their time in the water. She admits that most anthro pologists consider the theory “a heresy” against the widely held belief that man descended f rom apes who left the trees to become plains dwellers and hunters. But, she says, “It’s a heresy coming up fast.” “I’m totally confident in the theory and within 20 years it will be accepted,” Miss Morgan said in a recent interview (luring a trip to the United States to promote her latest book, “The Aquatic Ape.” “What gives me confidence is 10 years of waiting in vain for anyone to say why it can’t be true, and give me the reasons why,” she says. No anthropologist questions the basic premise of Charles Darwin that man and apes are descended from a common ancestor. Where they differ from Miss Morgan — who is not a scientist — is in her interpretation of how and why man developed hair lessness, bipedalism, speech, tears, and a layer of fat under the skin. Her new book, she says, “will be much harder for scientists to ignore because it puts the theory more in their own terms.” Two out of three ain’t bad staff photo by Guy Hood he three members of the Texas M Skateboard Club perform me aerial acrobatics on the Corps 29 quad. Pictured left Bret Roper, Dave Steve Newsom. to right Rogers are and LOST IN SPACE? NEST IN A TREEHOUSE. ou lost in space? Worried ?-#■!( lack of dorm rooms next fall? ^Jmed too long to reserve yours? f not...you can nest in a ouse. Treehouse Apartments, a little off campus, and so ih re than just a dorm. | a block from campus on ley Street, Treehouse Apartments Is all the security, friendship Iconvenience of dorm life. M JUS the extra space, privacy, and amenities you want. Like swimming pools, large closets, outdoor storage, central laundry room, outdoor racks and storage for bikes, and much more. Sharp 1- and 2-bedrooms, many with patios or balconies.- Reserve your apartment NOW AND SAVE! Just sign your summer or school-year lease by April 15, 1983 to be eligible. Move up in the world. 205 Jersey Street West of College Station, TX 77840 • 713/696-5707 Serving Luncheon Buffet Sunday through Friday 1:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.^^ Delicious Food Beautiful View Open to the Public ^ | “Quality First” 663 II SU KCASE SUIYCASZ PARirV StllT'CASE Jritig ptfc-kcct 9br d- weekend dkev tew Club . . —Fee beer, ktve ftittsic by GZ #\,pr i l 8* K Q -1. a.m. * 1/IN FREE TRIPS ^ |5 DonaHon Nickels aval
