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In the shadow of man / [by] Jane van Lawick-Goodall ; photographs by Hugo van Lawick
by Goodall, Jane
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0002113570
- ISBN 13
- 9780002113571
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About This Item
London : Collins, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description : 256 pages, 60 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Subjects : Chimpanzees Behavior. Chimpanzees Social life. Primates. Great apes : zoology.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 380933
- Title
- In the shadow of man / [by] Jane van Lawick-Goodall ; photographs by Hugo van Lawick
- Author
- Goodall, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002113570
- ISBN 13
- 9780002113571
- Publisher
- London : Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
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