Description |
xii, 351 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-331) and index. |
Summary |
Explores how the human animal--the eponymous well-dressed ape--fits into the natural world, even as we humans change that world in both constructive and destructive ways. |
Contents |
Quick as a cricket : physical description -- Crafty as a coyote : the brain -- Blind as a bat : perception -- Free as a bird : range -- A dog in the manger : territoriality -- Hungry as a wolf : diet -- Loose as a goose : reproduction -- Busy as a beaver : behavior -- Chatty as a magpie : communication -- Tough as a boiled owl : predators -- A bull in a china shop : ecosystem impacts. |
Subject |
Human biology -- Popular works.
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Physiology, Comparative -- Popular works.
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Physical anthropology -- Popular works.
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ISBN |
9781400065417 alkaline paper |
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1400065410 alkaline paper |
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