In the shadow of man
Goodall, Jane, 1934-1999
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In her classic account of primate research, Jane Goodall provides a detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania. Jane 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.;'Jane Goodall's work has already passed into the legends of culture...and represents one of the Western world's great scientific achievements ...Chimps, as our closest genealogical cousins, hold more of our common evolutionary heritage than any other species can. Chimpanzees are not so much the shadow of man as our mirror, only slightly blurred by the mists of time' Stephen Jay Gould
Main title:
In the shadow of man / by Jane Goodall ; photographs by Hugo van Lawick.
Author:
Work:
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 1999.
Collation:
xxi, 296p., [64]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
ISBN:
9780753809471 (pbk)
Dewey class:
599.88509678599.885 GOO
LC class:
QL737.P96
Language:
English
Subject:
Goodall, Jane, 1934-Chimpanzees -- TanzaniaChimpanzees -- Tanzania -- BehaviorHuman-animal relationshipsPopular Science and MathematicsBiology, life sciencesBiography: generalSocial & cultural anthropologyZoology: primates (primatology)TanzaniaWildlife: general interestEcological science, the BiosphereWildlife: mammals: general interest
BRN:
349055