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In the Shadow of Man

by Goodall, Jane

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London England: Book Club Associates. Very Good/Good. 1971. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0002113570 Hardback 256pp. 12 colour photos. 65 b/w photos. 750g. For some ten years Jane van Lawick-Goodall observed the lives of chimpanzees, and was accepted by them as a friend. This book is the result of that study, clarifying many areas of common ground between them and humans within their lives. The family life and social hierarchies, their loyalties and vendettas, their sexual behaviour, their treatment of children and the old, photographs by Hugo Van Lawick(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) .

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World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall’s account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania. For months the project seemed hopeless; out in the forest from dawn until dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals. But gradually she won their trust and was able to record previously unknown behavior, such as the use—and even the making— of tools, until then believed to be an exclusive skill of man. As she came to know the chimps as individuals, she began to understand their complicated social hierarchy and observed many extraordinary behaviors, which have forever changed our understanding of the profound connection between humans and chimpanzees.   In the Shadow of Man is “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements” (Stephen Jay Gould) and a vivid, essential journey of discovery for each new generation of readers.

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Title
In the Shadow of Man
Author
Goodall, Jane
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good/Good
Edition
First Thus
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0002113570
ISBN 13
9780002113571
Publisher
Book Club Associates
Place of Publication
London England
Date Published
1971
Keywords
Africa, Lake, Tanganyika, Chimpanzes, Study, Nature
Bookseller catalogs
Natural History Wildlife & Pets;

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