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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

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The Aquatic Ape Theory

The aquatic ape theory is the idea that there are a whole slew of things that human beings don't share with other primates. Saltwater tears, subcutaneous fat. The large floating breasts of the female because of all the fat content and that. You can take an infant human and drop him or her into water and they know not to breathe. You drop a chimp into water, they drown. So you don't have a particular, no thinking about that. You don't give a shit about Aquatic ape theory. I've never heard of that one. How about, that'd be a hard one to get people to change. There's going to be a chapter in this next

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