| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Summary |
Morris concludes that we owe far more to our animal inheritance than we are prepared to admit. Rather than being ashamed of our animal nature, he says we can view it with respect. If we understand it and accept it, we can actually make it work for us. If we try to deny, suppress, or distort it, we are in danger of building a tension, both in ourselves and in our societies, that could destroy us as a species if we ignore it for too long |
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Formerly the Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo, Desmond Morris turns his expert eye to the human species, exploring a fascinating variety of subjects: how nature has programmed us for infidelity, the ways we raise our young, the channeling of our hunting instincts into an extraordinary range of sporting activities, courtship rituals across the world as a reflection of the universal emotion of love, territorial fights that erupt when the tribal systems within our overcrowded cities break down, and the disintegration of human relationships as a response to change in natural and social or sexual patterns |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index |
| Subject |
Behavior evolution.
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Cognition and culture.
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Genetic psychology.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Sociobiology.
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| LC no. |
94033602 |
| ISBN |
0517700905 |
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