The Descent of Woman

Author: Morgan, Elaine

Gender studies: women

Published on 2 September 2021 by Profile Books Ltd (Souvenir Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 288 pages
130 x 199 x 22 | 238g

'One of the key feminist texts' GuardianThe 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.