Assesses women's leading and still largely unknown contributions to the development of human civilization and refutes the myth that women have always been subor

This book offers fascinating insights into the lives of our ancestors and investigates the dynamic processes that led to the establishment of complex human soci

Essays discuss chimpanzees as an evolutionary model, modern examples of hunter-gatherer tribes, women's and men's roles in prehistoric times, and primitive huma

The author dispels some of the myths about the nature of females and female sexuality, and suggests new hypotheses aboutthe evolution of women.