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CONTENTS Cover About the Book About the Author Also by Desmond Morris Title Page Introduction Introduction 1. Origins 2. Sex 3. Rearing 4. Exploration 5. Fighting 6. Feeding 7. Comfort 8. Animals Chapter References Acknowledgments Bibliography Copyright About the Book A BOOK NO HUMAN ANIMAL DARE MISS READING 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 courting, making love, sleeping, socialising, grooming, playing. Zoologist Desmond Morris’s classic takes its place alongside Darwin’s Origin of the Species , presenting 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 origins. With its penetrating insights on man’s beginnings, sex life, habits and our astonishing bonds to the animal kingdom, The Naked Ape is a landmark, at once provocative, compelling and timeless. About the Author Desmond Morris was born in Wiltshire in 1928. After gaining a degree in zoology from Birmingham University, he obtained his D.P......