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1	Hot zone more books like this by Richard Preston add to wishlist Preston examines the horrific effect ebola has on the human body. A true story, HOT ZONE recounts the scare when in the late 80s, this virus with a 90 percent fatality rate was accidentally released in a research facility in suburban Washington, D.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story more books like this by Richard Preston add to wishlist A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. "The Hot Zone" tells this dramatic story, ... see all copies from $3.54! new only from $5.38! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor more books like this by Mr. Colin Tudge, Josh Young add to wishlist For more than a century, scientists have raced to unravel the human family tree and have grappled with its complications.Now, with an astonishing new discovery, everything we thought we knew about primate origins could change. Lying inside a high-security vault, deep within the heart of one of the world s leading natural history museums, is the ... see all copies from $2.47! new only from $10.76! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal more books like this by Desmond Morris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Monkey Portraits more books like this by Jill Greenberg (Photographer), Paul Weitz (Foreword by) add to wishlist We share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, our closest biological cousins. And never have the similarities between simians and humans been so amusingly and brilliantly captured as in Monkey Portraits by celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg.Jill has spent 15 years photographing everyone from Kelly Osbourne to Clint Eastwood, but has ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $9.51! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Naked Ape more books like this by Desmond Morris add to wishlist Here is the naked ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping, socialising, grooming, playing. Zoologist Desmond Morris's classic takes its place alongside Darwin's "Origin of the Species", presenting man not as a fallen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.28! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Primate Behavioral Ecology more books like this by Karen B Strier add to wishlist Primate Behavioral Ecology , described as "an engaging, cutting-edge exposition," incorporates exciting new discoveries in its introduction to the field and its applications of behavioral ecology to primate conservation. One reviewer declares, "I can't imagine teaching a course on primate behavior or ecology without this text." Like no other text ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
8	How monkeys see the world inside the mind of another species more books like this by Cheney, Seyfarth add to wishlist Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.99! \| first editions
9	Primate Adaptation & Evolution more books like this by John G Fleagle add to wishlist John Fleagle has improved on his 1988 text by reconceptualizing chapters and by bringing new findings in functional and evolutionary approaches to bear on his synthesis of comparative primate data. The Second Edition provides a foundation upon which students can develop an understanding of our primate heritage. It features up-to-date information ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.99! \| first editions
10	Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved more books like this by Dr. Frans de Waal, Robert Wright, Christine M Korsgaard add to wishlist 'It's the animal in us', we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a ... see all copies from $8.82! new only from $8.82! \| SVS
11 view cover	Primate visions : gender, race and Nature in the world of modern science more books like this by Donna Haraway add to wishlist In charting the history of primatology, the study of apes and monkeys, Donna Haraway questions the objectivity of science' and the culture-based assumptions it makes about gender, race and the natural' world. This book should be of interest to advanced students of sociology and social anthropology, history of science, women's studies and cultural ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $36.70! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Peacemaking Among Primates more books like this by Dr. Frans de Waal, F B M De Waal add to wishlist 'De Waal's message is simple yet profound... (He describes) in lucid and vivid prose the peacemaking strategies of four non-human primates he has studied in captivity... His analysis should prove compelling for any reader who has ever made up after a fight--in short, for anyone.' - Barbara Smuts, Natural History see all copies from $2.87! new only from $20.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Primates in Perspective more books like this by Christina J Campbell (Editor), Agustin Fuentes (Editor), Katherine C MacKinnon (Editor) add to wishlist Primates in Perspective is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of primatology since 1987. Forty-four original essays--by fifty-nine leading researchers in the field today--provide wide-ranging and contemporary coverage of all of the major areas of primatology. Arranged in six sections, the text begins with an introduction to ... see all copies from $34.02! new only from $57.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Nonhuman Primates more books like this by Phyllis Dolhinow, Agustin Fuentes add to wishlist This contributed text introduces students to primates through 34 essays written expressly for this volume by experts in their research areas. see all copies from $3.00!
15 view cover	Primates in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book more books like this by Robert W. Shumaker, Benjamin B. Beck, Gerry Ellis (Photographer) add to wishlist The mysterious and often unpredictable world of primates is explained by Smithsonian scientists in a Q&A format. A comprehensive response to the many thousands of calls and letters the Smithsonian receives regarding questions related to monkeys, apes, lemurs, tamarins, and their relatives. What are primates? How closely related are humans to other ... see all copies from $4.47! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| SVS
16 view cover	The Monkey Wars more books like this by Deborah Blum add to wishlist The use of primates in research is an ongoing controversy. We have all benefited from the medical discoveries, yet we have also learned more in recent years about the real intelligence of apes and monkeys. Activists have also uncovered cases of animal cruelty by researchers. The Monkey Wars assesses the often caustic debate over the use of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Gorilla, Monkey & Ape more books like this by Ian Redmond, Peter Anderson, Ph.D. (Photographer), Geoff Brightling (Photographer) add to wishlist Photographed in full color . Take a close-up look at the amazing behavior of our nearest relatives. Learn why howler monkeys burst into song at dawn, what it really means when a mandrill yawns, and why the biggest primate is a vegetarian. see all copies from $6.55! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Introduction to animal behavior more books like this by Roland J Siiter add to wishlist This text is written specifically for psychology majors, with heavy emphasis on the behaviour of primates and anthropology, whereas other books in the field focus on insect behaviour and neuroscience. (The author still includes classic bird and insect studies.) This approach is presented in a straightforward manner without jargon, ensuring that ... see all copies from $42.99! new only from $80.00!
19 view cover	Primate societies more books like this by Smuts add to wishlist Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very rich source of ideas about other taxa. "A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives of non-human ... see all copies from $14.90! new only from $51.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature more books like this by Donna Jeanne Haraway add to wishlist Donna Haraway analyses accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs (cybernetic components); showing how deeply cultural assumptions penetrate into allegedly value-neutral medical research. see all copies from $17.76! new only from $37.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Learning to love more books like this by Harry Frederick Harlow add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	The Natural History of the Primates more books like this by John R Napier, Prudence Hero Napier add to wishlist This natural history, clearly written by two distinguished primatologists, provides a basic and fully-illustrated introduction to the order of primates. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape more books like this by Dr. Frans de Waal, F B M De Waal, Frans Lanting (Photographer) add to wishlist This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the 'make-love-not-war' primate by specialists. In bonobo society, females form alliances to intimidate males, sexual behavior (in virtually ... see all copies from $9.55! new only from $25.87! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	My Family Album: Thirty Years of Primate Photography more books like this by F B M De Waal, Dr. Frans de Waal (Text by) add to wishlist For more than three decades Frans de Waal, the author of books such as "Chimpanzee Politics" and "Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape", has studied monkeys and apes in zoos, research parks and field settings. Photographing his subjects over the years, de Waal has compiled a unique family album of our closest animal relatives. To capture the social life of ... see all copies from $2.55! new only from $25.87! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness more books like this by Ian Tattersall add to wishlist The author seeks out discontinuity in human evolution, and aims to identify the things that really make humans different from other species. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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