There is now a simple scientific explanation
for all the differences between humans and chimpanzees:
Humans evolved from marine chimpanzees ('aquatic apes')
that were isolated on Bioko Island (the "Galapagos" of human evolution)
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Mammal fossils—found only in dry parts of Africa—do not actually show where humans evolved
Read this peer-reviewed paper, published in the scientific journal
Ideas in Ecology and Evolution (2020):
A paradigm for the evolution of human features: apes trapped on barren volcanic islands
by Allan Krill, professor of geology
Watch: Elaine Morgan's TED-talk (2009)
Aquatic-ape books and talks by Elaine Morgan
Book: The Naked Darwinist
Left: Paal Aagaard and Allan Krill present their research in 2018.
Center: An aquatic ape in Trondheims fjord.
(YouTube)
Right: An 'aquatic ape' reads his Bioko paper.
(YouTube)
See also: Paleohumans.com