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 courti
ng, making love, sleeping, socialising, grooming, playing. Zoologist Desmond Mor
ris's classic takes its place alongside Darwin's Origin of the Species, presenti
ng 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 o
rigins.
With its penetrating insights on man's beginnings, sex life, habits a
nd our astonishing bonds to the animal kingdom, The Naked Ape is a landmark, at
once provocative, compelling and timeless.
