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The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal (Hardback: ISBN 0070431744; Reprint: ISBN 0-385-33430-3) is a 1967 book by Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris

Desmond John Morris is most famous for his work as a zoology and ethology, but is also known as a surrealism and author....
 which looks at human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
s as a species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 and compares them to other animals. It depicts human behavior as largely evolved
Evolutionary psychology

Evolutionary psychology attempts to explain Mind and psychology Trait theorys?such as memory, perception, or language?as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection....
 to meet the challenges of prehistoric life as a hunter-gatherer
Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer society is one whose primary List of subsistence techniques involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting without significant recourse to the domestication of either....
 (see nature versus nurture
Nature versus nurture

The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities versus personal experiences in Determinism or causality individual differences in physiology and behaviour traits....
).

The book was serialised in the Daily Mirror newspaper, and has been translated into 23 languages.

The Human Zoo
The Human Zoo (book)

The Human Zoo is a book written by the British zoologist Desmond Morris, published in 1969. It is a follow-up to his earlier book The Naked Ape; both books examine how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world....
, a followup book by Desmond Morris which examined the behaviour of people in cities, was published in 1969.








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The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal (Hardback: ISBN 0070431744; Reprint: ISBN 0-385-33430-3) is a 1967 book by Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris

Desmond John Morris is most famous for his work as a zoology and ethology, but is also known as a surrealism and author....
 which looks at human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
s as a species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 and compares them to other animals. It depicts human behavior as largely evolved
Evolutionary psychology

Evolutionary psychology attempts to explain Mind and psychology Trait theorys?such as memory, perception, or language?as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection....
 to meet the challenges of prehistoric life as a hunter-gatherer
Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer society is one whose primary List of subsistence techniques involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting without significant recourse to the domestication of either....
 (see nature versus nurture
Nature versus nurture

The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities versus personal experiences in Determinism or causality individual differences in physiology and behaviour traits....
).

The book was serialised in the Daily Mirror newspaper, and has been translated into 23 languages.

The Human Zoo
The Human Zoo (book)

The Human Zoo is a book written by the British zoologist Desmond Morris, published in 1969. It is a follow-up to his earlier book The Naked Ape; both books examine how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world....
, a followup book by Desmond Morris which examined the behaviour of people in cities, was published in 1969.

Movie adaptations

A 1973 movie directed by Donald Driver — based on the book — was made starring Johnny Crawford
Johnny Crawford

John Ernest Crawford is an United States actor, singer, and musician....
 and Victoria Principal
Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal is an United States actor, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the long-running CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987....
.

In 2006 an independent movie was made, based loosely on the book, written and directed by Daniel Mellitz, starring Josh Wise
Josh Wise (actor)

Joshua Stephen Wise is an United States actor. He is most notable for playing the character Pat Brody in the 2002 in television comedy television series, Do Over....
, Chelse Swain
Chelse Swain

Chelse Elizabeth Ashley Swain is an United States actor, best known for playing Bonnie Lisbon in the 1999 in film American film The Virgin Suicides ....
, Sean Shanks, Amanda MacDonald, Tony LaThanh, Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Bernsen

'Corbin Dean Bernsen' is an United States of America actor, known for his work on television. His greatest fame came from his role of Arnold Becker on L.A....
.

See also

  • Sociobiology
    Sociobiology

    Sociobiology is a Neo-Darwinism synthesis of scientific disciplines that attempts to explain social behavior in all species by considering the evolutionary advantages the behaviors may have....
  • The Territorial Imperative, 1966 book by Robert Ardrey
    Robert Ardrey

    Robert Ardrey was an United States playwright and screenwriter who returned to his Academia in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s....
  • The Moral Animal
    The Moral Animal

    The Moral Animal is a 1994 book by Robert Wright . The New York Times Book Review chose Wright's The Moral Animal as one of the 12 best books of 1994; it was a national bestseller and has been published in 12 languages....
    , 1994 book by Robert Wright


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  • at the 1967 book launch