The Upright Ape
(Los Angeles, June 2007) Was Darwin only partially correct? Did apes actually evolve from humans? The new theory of evolution presented in Aaron Filler’s gripping new book “The Upright Ape” (New Page Books) starts off with some daring affirmations that challenge Charles Darwin’s original premises. Both molecular biology and history work in Filler’s advantage and set the ground for the new theories presented in this spectacular and unprecedented work. The book presents to the world the first major restructuring of evolutionary theory in nearly a hundred years. The Darwinian theory of evolution is demoted and a new broader model emerges that incorporates several pre Darwinian theories of life as well as the full impact of 25 years of spectacular advances in molecular genetics.
Darwinian orthodoxy champions gradual biological change and has tended to suppress or ignore evidence of sudden events in the History of Life. Dr. Filler shows how modern genetics can incorporate both sudden mass change and slow gradual change into a new Unified Theory of Evolution. He provides and integrates new explanations of the origin of life, the Cambrian Explosion, the stunning events that led to the emergence of the vertebrates and the mortal struggle between the last dinosaurs and the early mammals. Most remarkably, he details evidence of a sudden emergence of the human form 21 million years ago - making humankind (hominiforms)
After intensive and strategic research in evolution and neuroscience at Harvard, molecular research in Cambridge, and reassessment of fossils and specimens from collections around the world, Filler is now redefining the very concept of humanity. In this astonishing and persuasive account, Dr. Filler challenges the current Theory of Evolution on the basis that “when existing theories can no longer accommodate the evidence at hand, it is time for innovation and regeneration.”
“Any thoughtful observer will immediately appreciate that there are similarities among the creatures of the earth. A giraffe, a mouse and a human all have one head, two eyes, one mouth, one tongue, teeth, lips, four limbs, and so on…. What is the basis for this similarity among organisms?” Dr. Filler inquires. Darwin’s theory has always been most effective at showing how species become different from each other but modern genetics now supports pre-Darwinian theories of the genetic forces that act like biological gravity to maintain underlying similarity. The new theory also shows how the biological “earthquakes”
“The Upright Ape,” available in stores in July, is an introduction for the general reader interested in science, to the strange new world of biology that is just now starting to emerge. You can also visit www.uprightape.com for more information.
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