The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal

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Random House, Nov 16, 2010 - Social Science - 272 pages

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR

Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping, socialising, grooming, playing.

Zoologist Desmond Morris's classic takes its place alongside Darwin's Origin of the Species, presenting man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape, remarkable in his resilience, energy and imagination, yet an animal nonetheless, in danger of forgetting his origins. With its penetrating insights on man's beginnings, sex life, habits and our astonishing bonds to the animal kingdom, The Naked Ape is a landmark, at once provocative, compelling and timeless.

'Original, provocative and brilliantly entertaining. It's the sort of book that changes people's lives' Sunday Times

 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction
5
Exploration
80
Fighting
99
Comfort
135
Chapter References
165
Copyright

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THE NAKED APE A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
DESMOND MORRIS
Snippet view - 1967
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
Desmond Morris
Snippet view - 1967
The Naked Ape
Desmond Morris
No preview available - 1994
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About the author (2010)

Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the curator of mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which was to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. An accomplished artist, television presenter and film maker, Desmond Morris's works have been published in over thirty-six countries.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
AuthorDesmond Morris
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House, 2010
ISBN1407072390, 9781407072395
Length272 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Psychology / Movements / Behaviorism
Science / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Anthropology / Physical
  
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