I just read this book. Seems pretty thoughtful and well-reasoned. A lot of the characteristics which she discusses have been, at most, poorly explained/justified by the scientific community.
Do you think people will ever accept her work? Wikipedia comes down very negative on the Aquatic Ape Theory.
I suspect that she brings up the baboon virus marker as a way to show that her hypothetically isolated chunk of Africa where the apes got all ‘quatic fits some more evidence. The theory itself was just a political diatribe. I don’t dislike her for it, because, well, look what we all have for a hobby... :’) I think it’s a good book to tackle, because it’s kinda short, and has a clear and concise writing style (at least, I thought so).