O元458347W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.34 Pages 276 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0552094951 "Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:51:20 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA120413 Boxid_2 BWB220140920 Camera Canon 5D City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1. It is a measure of Elaine Morgan's enduring importance, provocative thought and international reputation that in January 2006, the first Chinese translation of The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis became a Number 1 bestseller in Taiwan. In the years since, The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis has gone on to win widespread support among scientists. She then spent ten years researching human evolution before publishing The Aquatic Ape (published by Souvenir Press as a revised edition, The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis) in 1982. Elaine Morgan has made The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis a plausible alternative to conventional theories of evolution and The Descent of Woman first set out an understanding of who humans are and where they came from.Įlaine Morgan was best known as a writer for television until the publication of The Descent of Woman in 1972, which became an international bestseller. This lively, informative book sets out to solve the riddle of our origins its answer is controversial.
Morgan argues the case for the equal role of women in evolution, promoting the Aquatic Ape Theory of evolution which she elaborated on in further works.
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. The book presents a controversial theory in women's studies. On its first publication in 1972 it sparked an international debate and became a rallying-point for feminism, changing the terminology of anthropologists forever. The Descent of Woman is a pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women in human evolution.
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