Elaine Morgan

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Elaine Morgan is a Welsh writer, and the chief proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis.

Her critics have accused her of having a "sloppy and unscientific writing techniques" and maintain that she is guilty of quote mining^[1]. She has been described as being more of a popularizer of ideas than a real scientist. Regardless, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Glamorgan University in December 2006^[2].

[edit] Writing

Morgan has written six books, four of them on the aquatic ape theory:

• The Aquatic Ape, 1982, Stein & Day Pub
• The Scars of Evolution, 1990, Souvenir Press
• The Descent of the Child, 1995, Oxford University Press
• The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, 1997, Souvenir Press
• Falling Apart: The Rise and Decline of Urban Civilisation, 1976, Souvenir Press Ltd.
• Pinker's List, 2005, Eildon Press

[edit] Footnotes

1. ↑ Critique of Morgan
2. ↑ Glamorgan Honours Wales' Finest

S T U B (The Pet Goat ate it)