Elaine Morgan

Elaine Morgan is a Welsh feminist writer, best known for her television work. She is also the author of several books about the aquatic ape hypothesis, among them The Descent of Woman, The Aquatic Ape, The Scars of Evolution and The Descent of the Child. Writer of several screenplays and at least one other book (Falling Apart), Morgan is generally described as more of a popularizer of science than a scientist.

Morgan encountered Alistair Hardy 's Aquatic Ape Theory while researching a pro-feminist book and was converted into the strongest proponent of the theory. Many of her books seem to be written as much to counter the many arguments put forth against the Aquatic Ape Theory as to advance its merits.