Jess’s Book Club Pick for July: The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris

I’ve wanted to resurrect this 1967 classic for a while now. Imagine thinking about the human species as an animal.

That’s just what The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal does, it examines the human from a zoological point of view, rather than psychological or sociological. I recently reviewed this book, and here is a bit from my review: “The Naked Ape is in fact referring to the human body—one that is “naked” in the sense of less body hair than other apes and also a stripped down (literally) examination of our animal nature. Some of the topics Morris discuses are human sex, child rearing, exploration, fighting, feeding, and comfort. He compares our habits to those of the apes, noting some of the similarities beside some of the differences.”You can read the full review here. Also, an in-depth interview with the author can be found here. A version of the book can be obtained through Delta. Visit Amazon for more details.

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