Marjorie Shostak | |
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| Born | May 11, 1945 United States |
| Died | October 6, 1996 (aged 51) |
| Education | Brooklyn College |
| Known for | Descriptions of the lives of women in hunter-gatherer society |
| Spouse | Melvin Konner |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | Emory University |
Marjorie Shostak (May 11, 1945 – October 6, 1996) was an American anthropologist. Though she never received a formal degree in anthropology, she conducted extensive fieldwork among the !Kung San people of the Kalahari desert in south-western Africa and was widely known for her descriptions of the lives of women in this hunter-gatherer society.