cise dominance over women, who are notably lacking in teamwork. (Anyone who doubts the last six words had better take a closer look at typical women's organizations, where the girls participate when, as and if it suits their mood, rather than the highly dedicated but rare feminists).

His first chapter is devoted mostly to the nurture/nature argument, and his second to male bonding in animals. He could not find much below the level of primates, but the apes provide (as usual) a dis- tressingly accurate caricature of humanity. His third chapter swings into human evolution, and frankly I found it dull going. Dr. Tiger feels obligated to document every statement in this contentious field, and has produced a librarian's dream; sometimes the footnotes take up half the page! But persist, better things are coming.

With the stage now set, he puts on his first showpiece, "Politics and War". These are two areas that are characteristic only of the human male, and hence important to his case; not his fault that I'm sort of cool about both of them. He really takes off in chapter five, "Work and Play". These are the areas from which many women really resent being excluded, and where the mystery becomes fascin- ating. Why is it that women have been barred by tradition, super- stition and even threat of death, from participation in metal-working, fishing, mining, bar-drinking and many other activities? Dr. Tiger attributes this to their failure to make good members of hunting parties; a point brought sharply into focus by the fact that humans have been hunters for 14,000,000 years, but civilized less than 6,000 years. He notes that women throw with an ape-like motion, while the human male's throw is unique, and estimates that it took at least 400,000 years for this adaptation of the arm to take place through selective reproduction. However, there was plenty of time for that, and other things, to happen.

Why were the prehistoric women poor hunting companions? Poor teamwork, no doubt inherited from the ape-girls. In addition, he cites their handicaps of menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and child- rearing. Very real, but he neglects to note that the lioness, with most of these handicaps, does most of the hunting while the king of beasts lounges at home polishing his nails, grooming his mane and admiring his reflection in that mental mirror that seems to be part of all cats' equipment. Personally, I'd rather go hunting with some slim-hipped Diana than a pot-bellied male but I must admit that he would probably come to my rescue while she was worrying about her hair!

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