After reading books such as Robert Ardrey's Territorial Imperative (1966), Morgan decided to take matters into her own hands. Morgan had turned to non-fiction out of frustration with the "man the hunter" theories of human evolution that dominated scholarly and popular thinking in the 1960s. Reviews of her bestseller dubbed it a lively "women's lib prehistory" and claimed that, given her evidence, "even the most militant male chauvinist will find it difficult to cling to all his prior convictions".
When she produced Descent of Woman (1972) – the first of her several books on the topic – she had already established her reputation as a screenwriter for the BBC. Elaine Morgan, who has died aged 92, was a delightfully controversial advocate of the aquatic ape theory of human evolution.
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