Elaine Morgan
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.
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. See less
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Elaine Morgan book reviews
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The Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins
Food for thought
Quite an impressive Idea really.That we originally began as part of the Hominid type but, at some point,a group of our strain spent a million or two years in an aquatic mode,then came back to the ... Read More
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Descent of Woman
Discovered By Accident
by grouse, May 3, 2007
When I saw a couple ernestly searching for it in a small used book store. Later the same people wound up in the campsite next to us. Both of them recommended it so I got it. I expected some sort of ... Read More
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The Scars of Evolution
The Scars? Yes, The Theory? Maybe.
by Nahuel, Mar 30, 2007
I'm studying Anthropology and Arqueology at the University of Buenos Aires. This was a very good book to make a really great debate in the clasroom. The concepts are very well presented, and the ... Read More
