The invisible sex : uncovering the true roles of women in prehistory
This book looks at recent research to reveal how women developed tools that were key to survival and played a central role in the invention of language and social development, including the origins of agriculture and the conceptualization of boat building. The authors argue, for instance, that brain development and an increase in longevity that produced extended families, especially grandmothers, brought about a "creative revolution" in the Late Paleolithic period (about 30,000 years ago). The authors also include a discussion of the possible role of goddess worship in prehistoric society and its relationship to contemporary New Age feminism
Print Book, English, 2007
1st Smithsonian books ed
Smithsonian Books : Collins, New York, 2007