The Descent of Woman

Elaine Morgan

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'One of the key feminist texts' Guardian

The Descent of Woman is a pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women in human evolution. On its first publication in 1972 it sparked an international debate and became a rallying-point for feminism, changing the terminology of anthropologists forever. 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.

Review

One of the key feminist texts ― Guardian

She is more scientific than Genesis, more up to date than Darwin, more fun than Ardrey, and she writes better than Desmond Morris. ― Sunday Telegraph

A dizzying Darwinian insight into the sheer happenstance of man's genesis. ― Guardian

About the Author

Elaine Morgan was born in 1920, and after studying at Oxford University, worked as a television writer. In 1972, she published The Descent of Woman suggesting that human evolution had an aquatic origin. This idea was attacked at first by scientists but the book became an international bestseller. In the decades since, Morgan's aquatic ape hypothesis has gained widespread support. She died in 2013.Souvenir

Podrobnosti

Autor	Elaine Morgan
Vydavatel	Souvenir Press
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	měkká
Počet stran	288
Formát	12,8 × 19,6 cm
EAN	9781788168519
Rok vydání	2021
Edice	Společnost a společenské vědy