The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris - ISBN: 9780099482017
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Man: a risen ape, naked, primal, and in danger.

The Naked Ape

A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    31 December 1994

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Summary

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

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 Ori…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099482017
ISBN-10:0099482010
Author:Desmond Morris
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:31 December 1994
Weight:210g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

Fascinating

“Original, provocative and brilliantly entertaining. It’s the sort of book that changes people’s lives” Sunday Times “Thought-provoking…Morris has introduced some novel and challenging ideas” Natural History “Fascinating” Sunday Times “Stimulating” – Arthur Koestler

About The Author

Desmond Morris

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.

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