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  • The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee

    how our animal heritage affects the way we live

    by Jared Diamond ...
    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 towards ourselves and the planet to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins. ... Read more

    R239,19

  • A Brief History of Intelligence

    Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI

    by Max Bennett ...
    Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & SlowThe entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way ... Read more

    R338,78

  • Beyond the Secret Elephants

    On mystery, elephants and discovery

    Beyond the Secret Elephants is Gareth Patterson’s long-awaited sequel to The Secret Elephants, published in 2009.Beyond the Secret Elephants is the continuing story of Gareth Patterson’s almost two decades of research into the secretive Knysna elephants. Significantly, however, it also reveals his startling discovery of a much more mysterious being than the elephants – a relict hominoid known to ... Read more

    R204,00

  • Monkeys!

    Cute pictures of monkeys, chimps, and other primates!

    by Gina Jarvis ...
    Series series Pictures of Cute Animals
    Cute pictures of monkeys, nothing more!Full color photographs of cute monkeys, chimps, and other primates!These pictures look great on color tablets and other devices! ... Read more

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  • In the Shadow of Man

    by Jane Goodall ...
    '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, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. It is a landmark for everyone to enjoy.**'**Apart from its enormous scientific value, IN THE SHADOW OF MAN is ... Read more

    R219,41

  • Girl Meets Ape

    He's the King of the Swingers. But she's the Ice Queen.When Dr Jennifer Niederhauser becomes head of the chimpanzee project at Prowdes Animal Sanctuary, the uptight young zoologist looks forward to making her mark in the conservation world. But the regime is ramshackle, the chimpanzees uncontrollable and her first meeting with head keeper Guy Gibson finds him naked and covered in baby oil.She ... Read more

    R140,98

  • Raffles' Banded Langur: The Elusive Monkey Of Singapore And Malaysia

    Sir Stamford Raffles came across an unnamed new species in 1821 when he was documenting natural history in Singapore. This elusive primate, the Raffles' banded langur, was later named after him. This book is a one-stop resource for everything we know about the critically endangered primate that is only found in Singapore and Malaysia, including its distribution, diet, family structure, infant ... Read more

    R322,45

  • Monkey Business: A History Of Nonhuman Primate Rights

    by Erika Fleury ...
    Apes, monkeys, and other nonhuman primates have a dual role in modern society. They are revered for their intelligence, uncanny mimicry, and biological relation to humans, yet are often forced to spend entire lifetimes as unwilling participants in the bioresearch, entertainment and pet industries.The treatment of nonhuman primates is evolving as technology improves the way research is conducted, ... Read more

    R160,27 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Decolonizing Extinction

    The Work of Care in Orangutan Rehabilitation

    Series series Experimental Futures
    In Decolonizing Extinction Juno Salazar Parreñas ethnographically traces the ways in which colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity shape relations that form more-than-human worlds at orangutan rehabilitation centers on Borneo. Parreñas tells the interweaving stories of wildlife workers and the centers' endangered animals while demonstrating the inseparability of risk and futurity from ... Read more

    R412,61

  • The Book of Being Chimp

    by Adrian Cale ...
    The Book of Being Chimp is Adrian Cale’s entertaining celebration of the chimpanzee. Written with fact-filled, often witty reverence and featuring over 100 of the author’s beautiful photographs, it is a fun and informative step-by-step guide to chimpanzee life. The captivating pictures are accompanied by a simple, humorous and engaging text which tells you all about the contrasting lives of chimps ... Read more

    R270,03 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meine wilden Kinder

    Ein Leben für die letzten Orang-Utans

    Tausende Orang-Utans haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten zumindest ihre Heimat, den Urwald oder sogar ihr Leben verloren. Nur ein Bruchteil der "Waldmenschen" kann gerettet werden. Signe Preuschoft betreut Orang-Utan-Waisen in einer Waldschule auf Borneo und bereitet sie auf ihr Leben in Freiheit vor. Hier lernen die traumatisierten Menschenaffenkinder nach Tod oder Verlust der Mutter alles, was sie ... Read more

    R337,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kanzi

    The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind

    The remarkable story of a "talking" chimp, a leading scientist, and the profound insights they have uncovered about our speciesHe has been featured in cover stories in Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic, and has been the subject of a "NOVA" documentary. He is directly responsible for discoveries that have forced the scientific community to recast its thinking about the nature of the mind and ... Read more

    R295,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creative Evolution

    by Henri Bergson ...
    Henri Bergson was a French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner in Literature, whose third major work, "Creative Evolution", first published in 1907, provided an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution included in his theory of the same name.The book focuses on four key steps: that there must be a vital impulse which explains the creation of all living things; that there must also ... Read more

    R350,80 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chimpanzees and Human Evolution

    Knowledge of chimpanzees in the wild has expanded dramatically in recent years. This comprehensive volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain what is unique about humans, by studying their closest living relatives. Their observations and conclusions have the potential to transform our ... Read more

    R1 066,38

  • The Chimpanzees of Rubondo Island

    Apes Set Free

    How did a random batch of chimpanzees come to populate a small island in Tanzania where apes had never lived before? Combining information gathered from fieldwork, laboratory and archival research, this book tells the unique story of chimpanzee babies taken from their forest homes in West-Central Africa and sold to European zoos and circuses, to then be shipped to Lake Victoria and set free on ... Read more

    R1 095,65

  • Florida and the Game Water-Birds

    Florida and the Game Water-Birds written by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt who was a sportsman, author, and politician. This book was published in 1868. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as ... Read more

    R80,05 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation

    Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction (R&R) when rescuing orphaned orangutans. The author demonstrates that exploring ethical dilemmas is crucial for understanding ongoing disagreements about how to help endangered wildlife in an era of anthropogenic extinction.Although R&R might appear an ... Read more

    R1 170,37

  • First Steps

    How Walking Upright Made Us Human

    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 bipedalism.First Steps takes our ordinary, everyday walking experience and reveals how unusual and extraordinary it truly is. The seven-million-year-long ... Read more

    R338,78

  • Het Leven der Dieren: De Evenvingerigen

    Een verkenning van de diverse wereld van de anatomisch unieke evenvingerigen

    In 'Het Leven der Dieren: De Evenvingerigen' biedt Alfred Edmund Brehm een gedetailleerde verkenning van de biologie en ecologie van de evenvingerigen, een unieke groep dieren gekenmerkt door hun opmerkelijke aanpassingen aan hun leefomgeving. Brehm's literaire stijl is zowel informatief als evocatief, waarbij hij wetenschappelijke nauwkeurigheid combineert met poëtische beschrijvingen die de ... Read more

    R39,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gorilla

    Series Book 52 - Animal
    Only coming to prominence in the mid-nineteenth century when English, French and American scientists encountered the animal for the first time, the gorilla’s physical resemblance to humans immediately struck a chord, marking the beginning of a relationship between animal and man that has yielded diverse results, becoming a popular subject for scientists, writers, anthropologists and artists alike. ... Read more

    R339,35

  • Monkey

    Series Book 56 - Animal
    The monkey has remarkable intelligence and adaptibility and has enjoyed a close relationship over millennia with human societies. Monkey deities feature prominently in the ancient religions of India, China, Egypt and Central America. Among peoples of tropical Africa, monkey masks and images are still in use in various ceremonies, dances and rituals. Monkeys are present in the human arts of carving ... Read more

    R339,35

  • Gorillas in the Wild

    A Visual Essay

    by Joe McDonald ...
    In this beautifully illustrated book, author Joe McDonald presents a wealth of knowledge pertaining to the natural history of mountain gorillas, one of the world’s most endangered great apes. The volume includes over 170 photos from Joe, his wife, Mary Ann, and a third contributor—plus interesting, eye-opening facts about gorillas (plus a chapter devoted to other great apes), spiced with personal ... Read more

    R268,05

  • A Origem das Espécies

    O livro que apresentou a teoria da evolução, de Charles Darwin, e redefiniu para sempre a ciência moderna.Esta nova tradução de A origem das espécies destaca-se por ter sido elaborada com base na primeira edição do texto, de 1859, que depois passaria por alterações do próprio autor em consequência das inúmeras pressões da imprensa e da comunidade científica do século XIX.Sem cortes e censuras, ... Read more

    R159,00

  • Echoes of Our Origins

    Baboons, Humans, and Nature

    The amazing chronicle of a primate scientist's fifty-year journey studying baboons—and what her findings can tell us about primates, resilience, and human coexistence.In 1972, renowned anthropologist Shirley C. Strum traveled to Kenya to study the origins of human aggression through observing baboons. What Dr. Strum discovered completely defied her expectations, scientific notions about baboons, ... Read more

    R558,31