ABSTRACT

This volume, the first of it's kind, examines the role of women paleontologists and archaeologists in a field traditionally dominated by men. Women researchers in this field, have questioned many of the assumptions and developmental scenarios advanced by male scientists. As a result of such efforts, women have forged a more central role in models of human development and have radically altered the way in which human evolution is perceived.
This history of the feminist critique of science, is of profound significance and will be of interest to all those who work in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and human biology.

chapter 2|26 pages

Good Science, Bad Science, or Science as Usual?

Feminist critiques of science

chapter 4|15 pages

Mothers, Labels, and Misogyny

chapter 5|23 pages

The Paleolithic Glass Ceiling

Women in human evolution

chapter 6|22 pages

Brain Evolution in Females

An answer to Mr Lovejoy

chapter 7|16 pages

A Pound of Biology and a Pinch of Culture or a Pinch of Biology and a Pound of Culture?

The necessity of integrating biology and culture in reproductive studies

chapter 9|35 pages

Mobilizing Ideologies

Paleolithic “art,” gender trouble, and thinking about alternatives