title: The aquatic ape theory and some common diseases.
abstract: The Aquatic Ape Theory claims that human ancestors once lived in a semi-aquatic habitat. Some human diseases might be explained by our aquatic past. Such problems include hyperventilation, periodic breathing, laryngo- and bronchospasm, vasomotor rhinopathy, seborrhea, dandruff, male pattern alopecia, rhinophyma, osteoarthritis, inguinal hernias, varicose veins, common obesity, myopia, and ear-wax.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000502:physiology*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000209:etiology; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013550:Swimming