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- ISBN
- 9781400065417
- Book Title
- Well-Dressed Ape : a Natural History of Myself
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Evolution, Personal Memoirs, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / Physical, Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology)
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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The well-dressed ape, akaHomo sapiens, is a strange mammal. It mates remarkably often, and with unprecedented affection. With similar enthusiasm, it will eat to the point of undermining its own healthbehavior unthinkable in wild animals. The human marks its territory with doors, fences, and plastic flamingos, yet if it's too isolated it becomes depressed. It thinks of itself as complex, intelligent, and in every way superior to other animalsbut is it, really? With wit, humility, and penetrating insight, science journalist Hannah Holmes casts the inquisitive eye of a trained researcher and reporter on . . . herself. And not just herself, but on our whole specieswhat Shakespeare called "the paragon of animals." In this surprising, humorous, and edifying book, Holmes explores how the human animalthe eponymous well-dressed apefits into the natural world, even as we humans change that world in both constructive and destructive ways. Comparing and contrasting the biology and behavior of humans with that of other creatures, Holmes demonstrates our position as an animal among other animals, a product ofand subject tothe same evolutionary processes. And not only are we animalswe are, in some important ways (such as our senses of smell and of vision), pitiably inferior ones. That such an animal came to exist at all is unlikely. That we have survived and prospered is extraordinary. At the same time, Holmes reveals the ways in which Homo sapiens stands apart from other mammals and, indeed, all other animals. Despite the vast common ground we share with our fellow creatures, there are significant areas in which we are unique. No other animal, as far as we know, shares the human capacity for self-reflective thought or our talent for changing ourselves or our environment in response to natural challenges and opportunities. One result of these extraordinary characteristics is the spread of our species across the entire planet; another, unfortunately, is global warming. Deftly mixing personal stories and observations with the latest scientific theories and research results, Hannah Holmes has fashioned an engaging and informative field guide to that oddest and yet most fascinating of primates: ourselves.
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Publisher
Random House, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1400065410
ISBN-13
9781400065417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66867227
Product Key Features
Book Title
Well-Dressed Ape : a Natural History of Myself
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Personal Memoirs, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / Physical, Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology)
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, Social Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Qp38.H666 2008
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Advance praise forThe Well-Dressed Ape "Filled with scads of peculiar facts and intriguing mysteries,The Well-Dressed Apemates hard-nosed research with lively, funny wordsmithing to produce a refreshing, original look at our own kind." Amy Sutherland, author ofWhat Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage "Hannah Holmes provides a fantastic synopsis of the human species. The best and the worst, the beautiful and the uglyeven the stinky." Mark Norell, chairman and curator, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, "Filled with scads of peculiar facts and intriguing mysteries, The Well-Dressed Ape mates hard-nosed research with lively, funny wordsmithing to produce a refreshing, original look at our own kind."-Amy Sutherland, author of What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage " Hannah Holmes provides a fantastic synopsis of the human species. The best and the worst, the beautiful and the ugly-even the stinky."-Mark Norell, chairman and curator, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, "Filled with scads of peculiar facts and intriguing mysteries,The Well-Dressed Apemates hard-nosed research with lively, funny wordsmithing to produce a refreshing, original look at our own kind."-Amy Sutherland, author ofWhat Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage "Hannah Holmes provides a fantastic synopsis of the human species. The best and the worst, the beautiful and the ugly-even the stinky."-Mark Norell, chairman and curator, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History
Copyright Date
2008
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2008-016582
Dewey Decimal
612
Dewey Edition
22
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