Book description
A pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women
in human evolution. On its first publication in 1972 it became a
rallying-point for feminism and changed the terminology of
anthropologists forever. It remains a key text in feminist history, as
well as an extension to the author's Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, which is
gaining more academic support each year. Starting with her demolition
of the Biblical myth that woman was an afterthought to the creation of
man, Elaine Morgan rewrites human history and evolution.
Elaine Morgan was a television writer until she discovered Sir
Alister Hardy's Aquatic Ape theory of human origin and her series of
bestselling books have further explored, and publicised, the theory. She
is the author of The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, The Descent of the Child
and The Scars of Evolution (all published by Souvenir Press).
