The Naked Ape: A Zoological Study of the Human Animal

50th Anniversary Edition - With a new introduction by the author. Here is the Naked Ape at his most virtuous - in love, at work, in war. Meet man as he is: a close ape relative, stripped of his outer appearance, courting, making love, sleeping, socializing, grooming, and playing. Zoologist Desmond Morris's classic is a fitting tribute to Darwin's *On the Origin of Species*, presenting man not as a fallen angel but as an ape on the rise, resilient, energetic, and imaginative, yet an animal, in danger of forgetting his origins. With its penetrating insights into man's beginnings, sexuality, habits, and our astonishing connection to the animal kingdom, *The Naked Ape* is a landmark book that is at once surprising, captivating, and timeless. "Original, provocative, and wonderfully entertaining. It's the kind of book that changes lives." - Sunday Times