An Illustrated History of Primatology
$208.69
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2026
Summary
From ancient Egypt and classical Greece to the twentieth-century development of primatology as a scientific field, we have always been fascinated by our closest animal relatives. This book offers an in-depth overview of primatology, taking the reader on a journey through the ages.
Reaching back as far as the Carthaginian explorer Hanno and Pliny the Elder, Matthew Richardson investigates how ancient cultures thought about other primates. With the birth of ‘natural science’ and the com…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784274573 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784274577 |
| Author: | Matthew Richardson |
| Publisher: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 170mm |
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About The Author
Matthew Richardson
Matthew Richardson is an award-winning non-fiction author based in Quebec, Canada, focusing on natural history. He co-authored Lemurs of Madagascar (Conservation International, 2010) and the primate volume to the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series (Lynx Edicions, 2012). His most recent published book, Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. It’s the first book to discuss all relevant IUCN Red List species and subspecies, and to arrange them by where they live in the world.
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