Elaine Morgan‘s first career was as a television playwright and scriptwriter, for which she won a dozen awards, including three BAFTAs. She began writing about evolution in 1972, when her first book, “The Descent of Woman”, was published (Souvenir Press, 2001). She is best known for championing Alister Hardy’s theory of an aquatic influence on human evolution (“The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis”, Souvenir Press, 1999). Her new book, “Pinker’s List”, is published by Eildon Press
You come from an area with a strong socialist tradition. Did you have a left-wing upbringing?
I was born a few miles down…
