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The trouble with specialists is that they tend to think in grooves.

Elaine Morgan

Man is the only mammal whose normal method of locomotion is to walk on two legs. A pattern of mammal behavior that emerges only once in the whole history of life on earth takes a great deal of explaining.

Elaine Morgan

I believe the deeply rooted semantic confusion between 'man' as a male and 'man' as a species has been fed back into and vitiated a great deal of the speculation that goes on about the origins, development, and nature of the human race.

Elaine Morgan

Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate large quantities of adipose tissue - hibernating mammals and aquatic mammals.

Elaine Morgan

The legend of the jungle heritage and the evolution of man as a hunting carnivore has taken root in man's mind... He may even believe that equal pay will do something terrible to his gonads.

Elaine Morgan

Elaine Morgan

Elaine Morgan

Born: November 7, 1920

Died: July 12, 2013 (aged 92)

Known for:

The Descent of Woman (1972)
The Scars of Evolution (1990)
The aquatic ape hypothesis (1997)
The descent of the child (1994)
Knock 'Em Cold, Kid (2012)

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