It is often said that there is a gap in the history of human evolution. What happened?

Paleoanthropologists tell us that the distant ancestor of mankind, the ancient ape, lived between 8 million years ago and 6.5438+0.4 million years ago. The closest ancestors of mankind-Australopithecus and Apes lived between 200,000 and 4 million years ago. So, from 4 million years ago to 8 million years ago, what did our ancestors look like and where did they live? Due to the scarcity of fossil data in the past 4 million years, there has been a "fossil blank era" in the study of ancient humans.

1960, the British anthropologist Liszt Hardy put forward a hypothesis: during this period, our ancestors were sea apes living in the sea. It is in the sea that they completed the evolutionary process of walking upright with their feet and controlling their breathing, which created conditions for such important evolutionary steps as walking upright, freeing their hands and developing language communication. These four million years of marine life have left many "traces" for mankind. For example, all primates have thick hair on their bodies, but humans, like aquatic animals, have bare skin; Primates have no subcutaneous fat, while human subcutaneous fat is as thick as aquatic animals; The growth position of fetal hair of human fetus is also close to that of aquatic animals, but it is obviously different from that of primates. The phenomenon that human lacrimal gland secretes tears and excretes salt is also a characteristic of aquatic animals, which is unique among primates.

Through the study, it is also found that other mammals have accurate feelings about their own salt needs, while humans do not feel like aquatic animals. In addition, in terms of diving skills, apes already have the ability to hold their breath, while other primates do not. These phenomena strongly support the hypothesis of sea apes.

1974, an Australopithecus fossil was discovered in Ethiopia, Africa, 3 million years ago. The analysis of the skeleton structure of this fossil shows that our ancestors once lived in the sea.

Although the hypothesis about sea apes has not been finally confirmed, it is considered as "whimsical", but perhaps one day, people will find the fossils of sea apes from the strata and write down in the history of human evolution that human beings originated from the sea.

Some examples:

1958, Dr. Rothan of the National Oceanographic Society of the United States photographed some wonderful footprints of similar people at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean three miles deep.

1963, in the waters east of Puerto Rico, the US Navy discovered a "monster" in submarine combat drills. It is neither a fish nor a beast, but a "ship" with a propeller. It swims on the seabed with a water depth of 300 meters and a speed of 280 kilometers per hour, which is beyond the reach of modern human technology.

1968, Mooney, an underwater photographer in Miami, USA, saw an unusual animal at the bottom of the sea: its face was like a monkey, its neck was four times longer than that of human beings, and its eyes were much bigger than that of human beings. When the animal saw the photographer clearly, it swam away quickly with the "propeller" on its leg.

1973 At the beginning, a captain named Dan Delmoni found a cigar-shaped "ship" under the Atlantic Ocean, with a total length of 40~50 meters and sailing at a speed of 60~70 nautical miles per hour. The captain was afraid of colliding with him and tried his best to avoid it, but it walked straight to the ship "generously". The captain hesitated, but he passed calmly.

After half a year, dozens of NATO and Norwegian warships found an underwater monster named "Ghost Submarine" in Kessner, Wan Qi. Attacking with multiple weapons is completely ineffective. When it surfaced, so many ships' radio communication, radar and sonar failed, and it only returned to normal after disappearing.

Workers picking kelp along rocks in Spain reported that they saw a huge transparent dome building at the bottom of the sea, while people and sailors on the edge of the American continent also said that they saw something similar. American experts think it doesn't look like some kind of national defense facility. So, whose masterpiece is this?

Reminiscent of the pyramids discovered by US Navy Colonel Henry 360 meters underwater in Bermuda Triangle and the "Bimili Underwater Structure" discovered by American explorer Trona in Bahamas, some people think that this is a device used by underwater people to purify seawater, and some even speculate that this is an electromagnetic network used by underwater people to generate electricity. It seems that there really exists another kind of people on the earth? All kinds of bizarre discoveries can't help but remind people of one thing that happened in 1938: On the semi-Minda beach in Estonia, a "toad man" appeared, with a flat nose and a round head ... When he found someone following him, he jumped into the Baltic Sea, so fast that he could hardly see his feet.

After half a century, in the swamp area on the outskirts of Belleville, South Carolina, USA, a kind of "transparent lizard man" appeared many times: 2 meters tall, with red eyes, covered with thick green scales, only three fingers on each hand, with great strength, easily overturning cars and running faster than cars. Witnesses said that it was an underwater man who landed.

Faced with these sparse underwater intelligent animals, American scientists believe that they can live in the "ocean of air" and "ocean air" at the same time, which is another branch of ancient humans. The reason is that human beings originated from the ocean.

Is this a challenge to Darwin's conclusion that humans evolved from apes? Yes, Miguel Auden, a famous French doctor, further emphasized that according to his years of research on the relationship between water and human beings, it is very likely that the ancestors of human beings were some primates in the water rather than apes. As the basis of this argument, Auden listed many differences between humans and apes, most of which were related to water. For example, apes hate water, while human babies can swim almost at birth. Apes do not shed tears, while dolphins (such as "Mermaid" dugong) shed tears.

The depths of the ocean will inexplicably emit strange strong light or mysterious unknown objects. Does the legendary underwater freak really exist?

Constantly encounter some strange things: the depths of the ocean will inexplicably emit strange bright light or mysterious unknown objects; Until now, these strange phenomena still puzzle many scientists.

Mysterious "underwater people" appear frequently.

1938, on the beach in Zhu Ming, Estonia, on the east coast of the Baltic Sea in Eastern Europe, a group of sea chasers found a strange animal that they had never seen before: its mouth looked like a duckbill, but its chest looked like a chicken breast and its head was round. When the "underwater man" found that someone was following him, he jumped into the Baltic Sea, so fast that he could hardly see his feet, but left a huge toad palm print on the beach.

1958, Dr. Lotan of the National Oceanographic Society of the United States took some similar but not human footprints on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of more than 4000 meters.

1988, a half-man, half-beast "lizard man" was found in the swamp outside Beverly, South Carolina, USA. "Lizard Man" is about 2 meters tall, with big red eyes, covered with green scales and only three fingers in each hand. He walks upright, runs faster than a car and can walk freely in the swamp. People tried their best to catch him, but they failed. Over time, eyewitness reports like "underwater people" often appear around the world.

Based on years of research, American scientists put forward a bold idea: behind these strange phenomena, there may be some kind of civilization from a foreign country!

The underwater glass pyramid highlights the mystery

1992 In the summer, a group of Spanish kelp pickers saw a huge transparent dome building at the bottom of the sea.

1In July 1993, American and British scientists discovered two large pyramids at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean about 1000 meters deep. They are very similar to the pyramids made of crystal glass, with a side length of about 100 meters and a height of about 200 meters.

American Colonel Henry once discovered the pyramids 360 meters under the Bermuda Triangle. American explorer Trona discovered "Bimili submerged structure" in the Bahamas. At that time, people thought that these buildings were chemical plants used by "seamen" to collect oil and natural gas on the seabed, others thought that they were equipment used by "seamen" to purify and desalinate seawater, and some even speculated that they were electromagnetic nets used by "seamen" to generate electricity.

There is also civilization under the sea.

Sanderson, an American scientist, devoted his life to the study of "abnormal phenomena" in the underwater world and wrote many articles of great academic value. Once, while sailing on an icebreaker in the Atlantic Ocean, Sanderson witnessed an incredible spectacle: a tiny silver-gray monster suddenly emerged from the frozen sea, cracked more than 3 meters of ice with a "crack" and then disappeared into the sky.

Sanderson put forward a bold hypothesis: there is a submarine civilization on the earth.

What exactly is an "undersea man"?

There is a view that "underwater people" can live in both "the sea of air" and "the air of the sea", which is another branch of prehistoric humans.

The second view is that "submarine man" is not another branch of human beings. It is likely to be an alternative person living underwater, because these creatures are far superior to humans in intelligence and technology.

Scientists' guesses

Scientists speculate that the so-called "underwater man" is another branch of prehistoric humans. They can survive not only in the air, but also in the atmosphere of sea water. Humans originated from the ocean, and many habits and organs of modern humans have obviously retained traces of this, such as "like salt, hairless body, can swim, and love the smell of fish" and so on. When humans evolved, they probably formed two branches: land and water. Those who go ashore are called "people"; Those who go into the water are called "sea monsters". Perhaps the "sea monster" is still new to human beings. However, scholars with different views believe that these intelligent animals are more capable than humans and are probably aliens living in deep water. Foreign civilizations are hidden in the depths of the ocean that human beings can't see or touch, and pay attention to every move of human beings. Maybe there is their base there. If in the distant future, human science and technology can develop to clearly explain the underground civilization, then will these "underwater people" establish friendship with human beings in a friendly way? Or is there a battle between civilization on the ground and civilization under water?

Information Card 1: Mermaid: The Messenger of Underwater Civilization?

The British "Sun" once reported that 1962, a scientist photographed a living mermaid. Dr. Vino Grader of the Lenin Academy of Sciences in the former Soviet Union told this story: At that time, a probe ship carrying scientists and military experts captured a little mermaid who could speak human language off the coast of Cuba. It had scaly skin and gills, with a human head and a fish tail. The mermaid claimed to be from Atlantis and told the researchers that millions of years ago, the continent of Atlantis crossed Africa and South America and then sank to the bottom of the sea ... Later, the mermaid was sent to a secret research institution in the Black Sea for scientists to study in depth.

Coincidentally, recently, two professional sharks in the United States caught 1 1 sharks in the Caribbean, and one of them was 18.3 meters long. When fishermen dissected the tiger shark, they found an unusual bone in its stomach. One third of the upper part of the skeleton looks like an adult skeleton, but from the pelvis, it is the skeleton of a big fish. At that time, fishermen handed it over to the police, and the coroner confirmed that it was a half-man, half-fish creature.

For this strange skeleton, the police asked experts to further study, input the data into the computer and draw a mermaid according to the shape of the skeleton. Dr. Eduardo, who participated in this work, said that from the evidence they have, mermaids are not legendary or fictional creatures, but creatures that do exist in the world.

Information card 2: Westerners still live under the sea.

More than 2,000 years ago, Plato said in his account of "western powers" that there was a huge land in the "West Sea", which was the "western power" on the continent of Atlantis. The land has beautiful scenery, rich products, highly developed civilization, rich people's lives, and a powerful army is awesome everywhere. Unexpectedly, a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused the entire continent of Atlantis and all its citizens to sink to the bottom of the sea overnight. ...

Later, a huge stone building was found under the surface of Bimini Island in Bermuda. They have good structure, large scale and different shapes. /kloc-the 0/600-meter-long stone wall is made of large stones with a length of 4.5 meters, a width of 6 meters and a height of 3 meters, each stone weighing at least 25 tons. Stone streets are also arranged in various patterns with rectangular or polygonal stones.

A flat-topped pyramid with a height of 42 meters and a length of 54 meters on each side sleeps nearly 400 meters. In addition, the remains of dock and port equipment and marble statues were found. According to the analysis of submarine limestone near Bahamas, it is proved that it once existed in the air 6.5438+200,000 years ago, that is to say, it used to be land. Those imaginative explorers suspect that "Westerners" may still live at the bottom of Bermuda.

Information Card 3: In 2020, humans will return to the bottom of the sea and grow gills again.

Anthropologists predict that the world population will exceed 20 billion in the middle and late 20th century. By then, the limited land space can no longer meet the needs of normal human life. Therefore, some scholars suggest that we should go back to the sea! The place where life originated will also get new development.

At present, human marine architects are sketching the blueprint of marine cities: after the Japanese build the marine airport, they will build a marine city; Americans want to build an underwater city around the islands at the bottom of the Hawaiian Islands. 2 1 century will be the century of human exploitation and utilization of the ocean. To this end, the international scientific and technological community has launched a new competition: while developing and utilizing the ocean, let's see who will turn the ocean city into reality first!

Some atavistic phenomena in babies grow gills, which makes us think: will humans grow gills? Geneticists believe that human beings evolved from animals with gills, and it is entirely possible for people to grow gills on the basis of understanding the human genome and the fish genome.