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'Women in Human Evolution represent[s] special achievements.' - New Scientist
'The book has a clear and stated focus and the whole is refreshingly held together by a body of feminist theory which impacts with clarity on the complacency of male-stream evolutionary studies In bringing together such a strong and diverse team, Hager is to be congratulated for her vision and for producing a gusty little gem of a book.' - Archaeological Journal
'This book impresses in its scope but depresses in its documentation of the continuing problems of gender bias in the field of human evolution. It contains all that could e looked for in a discussion of women and human evolution. There is historical depth, scientific argument and the exposure of prejudice. It fits into a growing corpus of literature on gender issues and deserves to be read widely. ' - Antiquity
Women in Human Evolution represent[s] special achievements. - New Scientist
The book has a clear and stated focus and the whole is refreshingly held together by a body of feminist theory which impacts with clarity on the complacency of male-stream evolutionary studies In bringing together such a strong and diverse team, Hager is to be congratulated for her vision and for producing a gusty little gem of a book. - Archaeological Journal
This book impresses in its scope but depresses in its documentation of the continuing problems of gender bias in the field of human evolution. It contains all that could e looked for in a discussion of women and human evolution. There is historical depth, scientific argument and the exposure of prejudice. It fits into a growing corpus of literature on gender issues and deserves to be read widely. - Antiquity
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Women in Human Evolution challenges the traditional invisibility of women in human prehistory, rejecting the conventional relegation of women to the realm of reproduction in order to ask what else our female ancestors were doing.
'Women in Human Evolution represent[s] special achievements.' - New Scientist
'The book has a clear and stated focus and the whole is refreshingly held together by a body of feminist theory which impacts with clarity on the complacency of male-stream evolutionary studies In bringing together such a strong and diverse team, Hager is to be congratulated for her vision and for producing a gusty little gem of a book.' - Archaeological Journal
'This book impresses in its scope but depresses in its documentation of the continuing problems of gender bias in the field of human evolution. It contains all that could e looked for in a discussion of women and human evolution. There is historical depth, scientific argument and the exposure of prejudice. It fits into a growing corpus of literature on gender issues and deserves to be read widely. ' - Antiquity
Women in Human Evolution represent[s] special achievements. - New Scientist
The book has a clear and stated focus and the whole is refreshingly held together by a body of feminist theory which impacts with clarity on the complacency of male-stream evolutionary studies In bringing together such a strong and diverse team, Hager is to be congratulated for her vision and for producing a gusty little gem of a book. - Archaeological Journal
This book impresses in its scope but depresses in its documentation of the continuing problems of gender bias in the field of human evolution. It contains all that could e looked for in a discussion of women and human evolution. There is historical depth, scientific argument and the exposure of prejudice. It fits into a growing corpus of literature on gender issues and deserves to be read widely. - Antiquity
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Women in Human Evolution challenges the traditional invisibility of women in human prehistory, rejecting the conventional relegation of women to the realm of reproduction in order to ask what else our female ancestors were doing.
Raising key questions about both the existing archaeological evidence and the theoretical models which influence its interpretation, the contributors discuss the evolutionary models used to explain gender differences. They suggest reinterpretations of existing evidence to construct a model of human evolution which places women in a more central role. Shifting their focus to the nature of the discipline itself, they ask what impact women paleoanthropologists have had on the field's theoretical assumptions and what work remains to be done.
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Paleoanthropology - the study of human origins - is and always has been a highly visible field of anthropological research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
western art system, sham menstruation, past life ways, human origins research, women primatologists, reproductive stress, woman the gatherer, modern human origins, feminist science, hominid fossil record, hunting hypothesis, female primates, concealed ovulation, menstrual synchrony, visuospatial skills, portable art, dimorphic species, contextual values, visuospatial tasks, female figurines, man the hunter, brain lateralization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mary Leakey, Upper Paleolithic, Academic Press, Primate Visions, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, Ice Age, University of Chicago Press, American Anthropological Association, New Haven, University of California Press, Yale University Press, Annual Review of Anthropology, National Geographic, American Journal of Primatology, Indiana University Press, Pergamon Press, San Francisco, Cornell University Press, Current Anthropology, East Africa, Journal of Human Evolution, Princeton University Press, American Anthropologist New!
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Paleoanthropology - the study of human origins - is and always has been a highly visible field of anthropological research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
western art system, sham menstruation, past life ways, human origins research, women primatologists, reproductive stress, woman the gatherer, modern human origins, feminist science, hominid fossil record, hunting hypothesis, female primates, concealed ovulation, menstrual synchrony, visuospatial skills, portable art, dimorphic species, contextual values, visuospatial tasks, female figurines, man the hunter, brain lateralization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mary Leakey, Upper Paleolithic, Academic Press, Primate Visions, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, Ice Age, University of Chicago Press, American Anthropological Association, New Haven, University of California Press, Yale University Press, Annual Review of Anthropology, National Geographic, American Journal of Primatology, Indiana University Press, Pergamon Press, San Francisco, Cornell University Press, Current Anthropology, East Africa, Journal of Human Evolution, Princeton University Press, American Anthropologist New!
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- Woman the Gatherer by Frances Dahlberg on 5 pages
- Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science by Donna J Haraway on 4 pages
- Toward an Anthropology of Women by Rayna R. Reiter on 4 pages
- Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men, Revised Edition by Anne Fausto-Sterling on 4 pages
- Primate Societies by Barbara B. Smuts on 4 pages
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- Gender and Archaeology: Contesting the Past by Rober Gilchrist on 6 pages
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- The Evolution of Culture: An Interdisciplinary View by Robin Dunbar on 4 pages
- As We Know It: Coming to Terms with an Evolved Mind by Marek Kohn on 4 pages
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