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“... Age 27. Classification of experience: 1(b)(d); 7(a)(b)(f)(g)(i); 8(e); 9(a); 11(n); 12(a). When Alister Hardy began his career in Zoology at Oxford, the Rev. W.A. Spooner was presiding over New College. Whatever the proclivities of his fellow students, it surely cannot have been Hardy of whom the story is told that ...”

“... grown in Camford common rooms when they tire of discussing their mortgage problems. In 1960, Sir Alister Hardy, professor of zoology, proposed that man, in his long journey from the trees to Oxford University, had diverted into the water for some crucial developments. What better place to learn to stand on legs without falling down? Shorten the toes and ...”

“... to explain why our babies are so plump, except the ‘aquatic ape’ hypothesis championed by Sir Alister Hardy, and, recently, by Elaine Morgan and Simon Bearder. So far, they are a minority of three among physical anthropologists – but I confess it’s a lovely idea that we could have spent a million years on a tropical beach, shedding our fur and ...”