Primates

This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar--among the smallest primates known to exist--to the regal mountain gorillas of Africa. Organized by...

'One of history's most impressive field studies; an instant animal classic' TIMEJane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with,...

An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De Waal. In her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career...

"The book is beautifully designed, and the contents are well organized and will be interesting to all.... An excellent text for a relevant course or a welcome addition to any home library. I recommend it very highly." - Science Books and Films. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928586203Author Peter RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Elf Rock ProductionsPublisher Elf Rock ProductionsWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm)...

From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both...

A ground-breaking look at gender and sex from the world's leading primatologist and New York Times bestselling author of Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? 'Brilliant and fascinating... brings a scientific, compassionate and balanced...

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows us down. But here we are, suggesting there must have been something tremendous to gain from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471159599Author Sue Savage-RumbaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company

'A phenomenally important book' Lewis Dartnell, author of OriginsWhy do we live in families?Why do we help complete strangers?Why do we compare ourselves to others?Why do we cooperate?The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955471657Author Michael Paul FreemanFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Hangar 1 PublishingPublisher Hangar 1 PublishingWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm)...

When Shirley C. Strum first set out in 1972 to do graduate work with baboons in Kenya, conventional wisdom had it that primate society, epitomized by monkeys such as baboons, was based on aggression and ruled by the males, their brute force and their...

Meet Boris, the chimp who took a bite out of the Big Apple-and wished it had been a banana: "No one concerned with either apes or people should miss it." -Peter S. Beagle, award-winning author of The Last Unicorn This book answers the question that is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803038Author Ivan T. SandersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 525Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802140104Author Sheila SiddleFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows us down. But here we are, suggesting there must have been something tremendous to gain from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488045Author Nick RedfernFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm * 16mm

From survivor of genocide to conservation hero: A moving, heartwarming memoir about a real-life chimpanzee whisperer-now the subject of the award-winning documentary film Pant Hoot.Stany Nyandwi's gift for communicating with chimpanzees is so special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954528192Author Dr Russell JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Beyond the Fray PublishingPublisher Beyond the Fray PublishingWeight(grams)...

Recent discoveries about wild chimpanzees have dramatically reshaped our understanding of these great apes and their kinship with humans. We now know that chimpanzees not only have genomes similar to our own but also plot political coups, wage wars over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488649Author Boris PorshnevFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 21mm

What does it mean to be human? And what, if anything, does it have to do with being a member of the animal species Homo sapiens? This dazzling book gets to the very heart of our rather unscientific motivations and prejudices, showing how they are of...

2017 is the 50th anniversary of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's closest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723690Author Michael NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 10mm

In a tale that begins at a zoo in Zurich and takes us across the deserts of Ethiopia to the Asir Mountains in Saudi Arabia, Hans Kummer recreates the adventure and intellectual thrill of the early days of field research on primates. Just as Jane Goodall...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564806Author Patricia Chapple WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

In Decolonizing Extinction Juno Salazar Parrenas ethnographically traces the ways in which colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity shape relations that form more-than-human worlds at orangutan rehabilitation centers on Borneo. Parrenas tells the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954528574Author W T WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Beyond the Fray PublishingPublisher Beyond the Fray PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888397515Author Terrance JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Bigfoot - the name used for any large, hairy biped reported in every state of the United States and every Canadian province - has long baffled casual tourists and experienced scientists. Now readers can examine the evidence for this elusive creature and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488304Author Dmitri BayanovFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 14mm

In Decolonizing Extinction Juno Salazar Parrenas ethnographically traces the ways in which colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity shape relations that form more-than-human worlds at orangutan rehabilitation centers on Borneo. Parrenas tells the...

"Alternately joyous and heartbreaking..." -Jane GoodallA moving and revealing biography of Norway's most famous chimpanzee.Julius is a national celebrity, the inspiration behind pop hits and bestselling books.He's also a chimpanzee, born in captivity,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723829Author Richard FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 17mm

From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743202411Author SAPOLSKYPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as "the most gigantic ape known to zoology." Described by European explorers only a few decades earlier, gorillas had rarely been seen outside of Africa, and emerging theories...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954528604Author Dr Russell JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Beyond the Fray PublishingPublisher Beyond the Fray PublishingWeight(grams)...

The contributors to this volume present research concerning the cognitive structures and development of nonhuman primates from a cognitive psychological perspective. The authors and researchers come to this project from the study of humans and apply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743295871Author Charles SiebertFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Scrb - Scribner MacMillanPublisher Scrb - Scribner MacMillanWeight(grams)...