false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168421889m/33297.jpg 33297 19 "A startling view of man, stripped of the facade we try so hard to hide behind."  In view of man's awesome creativity and resourcefulness, we may be inclined to regard him as descended from the angels, yet, in his brilliant study, Desmond Morris reminds us that man is relative to the apes--is in fact, the greatest primate of all.  With knowledge gleaned from primate ethnology, zoologist Morris examines sex, child-rearing, exploratory habits, fighting, feeding, and much more to establish our surprising bonds to the animal kingdom and add substance to the discussion that has provoked controversy and debate the world over. <i>Natural History Magazine</i> praised <i>The Naked Ape</i> as "stimulating . . . thought-provoking . . . [Morris] has introduced some novel and challenging ideas and speculations." "He minces no words," said <i>Harper's</i>.  "He lets off nothing in our basic relation to the animal kingdom to which we belong. . . He is always specific, startling, but logical." 1374011 1967 The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal total:566|5:168|4:209|3:143|2:35|1:11| 566 2186 846 86 4 6 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1967 Mon May 05 23:17:12 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 21:23:28 -0700 2008
Fifteen and never been kissed. Well, that is not quite ...more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 00:11:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:35:58 -0800 2008 There, that's the thesis-- perfectly sound and very interesting.
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It's aged badly. The author comes across as pretty full of himself -- he thinks his way of analyzing human behavior (from a zoological p...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Aug 03 02:17:51 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 02:17:51 -0700 2008
This book was so entirely awful that I thought less of the person who recommended it to me.

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The premise is this: If you took the skin of one of each species of primate and examined them closely, there’s one that would stick out – the human. We’re n...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Tue Sep 15 01:27:16 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 21:59:33 -0700 2009
I suppose all reviews of this book must open up with the fact that it is dated - considerably. Many of the speculations and theories put forward in the text have since fallen out of favor or been outright dismissed. But as with all science books from an older era, t...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 08 12:06:14 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 12:06:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 12:40:42 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 12:54:41 -0700 2008
Attempting to explain everything we do by comparing us to our nearest relatives in the animal kingdom is like I said int...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 25 06:00:40 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 25 15:31:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 17:07:01 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 09:57:47 -0800 2008
After sex, the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri May 01 14:24:41 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 14:30:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Oct 21 13:11:47 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 13:11:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 true false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:51:41 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:21:27 -0700 2009 2-3 His analysis is fascinating, although in a few categories I think his theories are somewhat stre...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 16 20:29:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 20:35:38 -0700 2009
His observations are skewed by personal prejudices. ]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 19:49:38 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 19:59:03 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 17:19:12 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 17:23:38 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=33297