Monkey

Desmond Morris

Monkey
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 June 2013
Pages
224
ISBN
9781780230962

Monkey

Desmond Morris

Monkey explores our relationship throughout history with this most playful and familiar of creatures. As renowned zoologist Desmond Morris shows, it is not surprising that we are so attracted to them. While we sometimes view monkeys as trivial or comic, their mischievousness is delightful, and their urge to explore and love of activity fascinate us. Morris recounts how baboons were revered in the Egypt of the Pharaohs; monkey deities feature prominently in the ancient religions of China and Japan, and in India sacred status is still given to the langur monkey. He unpicks human attitudes to these clever creatures as he traces their history and draws a picture of their popularity in culture.

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