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The Descent of Woman (Paperback)

by Elaine Morgan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd; Rev Ed edition (28 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0285627007
  • ISBN-13: 978-0285627000
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"Part feminist polemic, part evolutionary bombshell."


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5.0 out of 5 stars Putting women in the picture, 28 Jun 2005
By Janet Raynor (UK) - See all my reviews
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I've bought about 5 copies of this book since the first edition was published in the 1970s: they were lent to friends because the book is so good, and not returned for the same reason.

Elaine Morgan provides a refreshing and plausible account of how we got where we are today, how you cannot consider evolution without considering women, and challenges many of the men-the-mighty-hunter myths.

What puzzles me is that her theories (based on Hardy) have now got wide-spread credence, but it is still possible to find recently-published books on evolution that make no reference to the aquatic theory.

A brilliant book: informative, readable ... and - added bonus - funny.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Convincing. Makes a lot of sense., 4 Jul 2001
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We hear a lot today about the ascent of man or woman, how humans evolved. This seems to be logical how humans split from other primates. I found it interesting concerning Ms Morgan's view that by the time humans 'left' their aquatic lifestyle, there has only been one human species.

I do not disagree or agree with that. It hints at a possibility concerning those 'semi-species' that might have co-existed with modern man at any time prehistory - their differences may have been only racial rather than a separate human species. Ms Morgan suggests that even the earliest austropicalus africanus, were far more human like in appearance than the general view among experts.

Still, her view on why people are what they are seems logical enough. She argues in this book that it was 10 million years ago when certain apes were forced to take to the water for protection while in the book Aquatic Ape, she decided that it was only 5 million years ago.

But even if woman and man are much older, there is no reason why he and she couldn't have evolved from a semi-aquatic lifestyle.

A fascinating and interesting book.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So you thought Anthropology was for men?, 21 Mar 2000
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Elaine Morgan's Descent of Woman argues against some of the oldest superstitions of "Tarzanian" (Ms Morgan's term) physical anthropology. Her seminal work casts serious doubt on the andro-centric hypotheses which ascribe Women's physical attributes to the sexual needs of men. Today her theories have been all but proved, yet her book still makes illuminating reading, and a source of wonder!
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5.0 out of 5 stars How women became oppressed....?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot praise this book highly enough.
What can I say? This book makes perfect sense, rewrites history and gives a far more plausible explanation than the traditional Savannah theory.
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