b. 1955
Camilla Power is a British social anthropologist known for her work on the evolutionary origins of symbolic culture, gender, and religion. She is a leading proponent of the 'female cosmetic coalitions' theory of human symbolic origins and has contributed to debates on the emergence of language and ritual in early human societies.
Co-developed the 'female cosmetic coalitions' theory of symbolic origins
Contributed to the Radical Anthropology Group's work on human evolution
Published research on the evolution of ritual, language, and gender
Advanced Chris Knight's 'sex strike' hypothesis of cultural origins