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EPISODE · Dec 26, 2025 · 1H 2M

Episode I: The Aquatic Ape

from Older, Further, Stranger: A Podcast of the Possible Past · host jacoboringold

Are humans more like dolphins or chimpanzees? This episode of Older, Further, Stranger explores the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, tracing human evolution along shorelines through swimming, anatomy, and Ice Age coastlines. This episode reframes familiar human traits and explores a far stranger origin story than the land-only one we’re used to hearing.

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Are humans more like dolphins or chimpanzees? This episode of Older, Further, Stranger explores the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, tracing human evolution along shorelines through swimming, anatomy, and Ice Age coastlines. This episode reframes familiar...

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