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Elaine Morgan

    7 novembre 1920 – 12 luglio 2013

    Un'autrice gallese esplora temi femministi e la teoria evolutiva della scimmia acquatica, proponendo che l'umanità si sia evoluta da scimmie marine. La sua scrittura si addentra spesso nel concetto delle origini dell'umanità nei primati marini. I suoi contributi alla letteratura e all'istruzione sono stati riconosciuti.

    La Fin du Surmale
    A vízimajom elmélet
    Der Mythos vom schwachen Geschlecht
    The Descent of Woman
    The Aquatic ape hypothesis
    The descent of the child : human evolution from a new perspective
    • 2017

      A vízimajom elmélet

      • 235pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Miért különbözünk olyan sok mindenben a többi emberszabásútól? És mit árulnak el az emberi evolúcióról ezek a különbségek? A vízimajom elmélet arra készteti az olvasót, hogy gondolja végig az egyetlen evolúciós hipotézist, amely választ ad az ember anatómiai sajátosságaira: - Miért járunk két lábon, ha így lassabban haladunk, és még a gerincünknek sem tesz jót? - Miért vagyunk egyedül csupasz bőrűek a főemlősök között? (Az összes emlős közül csak a cetfélék és a vastagbőrűek szőrtelenek.) - Miért ereszkedett le a gégefőnk? És miért tudjuk tudatosan szabályozni a légzésünket? (A csimpánzok nem képesek erre, a rozmárok azonban igen.) Felvillanyozó olvasmány mindenkinek, akit érdekel, honnan származunk. /BBC Wildlife/

      A vízimajom elmélet
    • 1997

      This thought-provoking text presents the Aquatic Ape Theory, with new information, new questions and a wealth of documentary evidence. It is the most persuasive, closely argued case yet offered to explain the mystery of human origins.'

      The Aquatic ape hypothesis
    • 1994

      "In 1972 Elaine Morgan's first book, 'The Descent of Woman, ' ... came as a reminder - much needed at the time - that no account of the 'Emergence of Man, ' could afford to confine its attentions to one sex without falling into serious errors. This ... points out the dangers of focusing too much attention of single age group - adults. Infants, like women, have been there throughout our evolutionary history, their well-being equally vital to species survival. Yet, in the five million years in which the growing power of 'Homo sapiens' has enabled us to dominate the planet, our babies have become increasingly helpless, immature and vulnerable. What is the relationship between these two facts? As Jean Piaget wrote: 'The child explains the adult far more than the reverse.' "The Descent of Child" looks at evolution from the child's point of view - from conception and the development of the foetus to birth, child rearing and parental roles. It not only throws new light on where we may have come from, adding new evidence to support the Aquatic Ape Theory of evolution against the Savannah Theory, but it enables us to make a better informed assessments of urgent contemporary problems, such as the break-up of the family, abortion, infertility, over-population and woman's place in society."--Publisher description

      The descent of the child : human evolution from a new perspective