The great apes : a short history / Chris Herzfeld ; translated by Kevin Frey ; foreword by Jane Goodall.
"A unique, beautifully illustrated exploration of our fascination with our closest primate relatives, and the development of primatology as a discipline. This insightful work is a compact but wide-ranging survey of humankind's relationship to the great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas,...
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| Other title: | Petite histoire des grands singes. English |
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New Haven ; London :
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Jane Goodall
- The uncanniness of similitude : wild men, simians, and hybrid beings
- Skeletons, skins, and skulls : apes in the age of colonial expansion and natural history collections
- Apes as guinea pigs : primates and experimental research
- Great apes in the eyes of scientists : what does it mean to be an ape?
- Apes that think they are human : astronaut apes, painting apes, talking apes
- Conquering the field : pioneers, the quest for origins, and primates
- Socialities, culture, and traditions among primates : when the boundary between humans and apes blurs
- Women and apes : sex, gender, and primatology
- Becoming-human, being-ape.