Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.

    1st Penguin trade 1971 edition paperback vg++ to fine book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

    

    Studies the history, characteristics, and natural wildlife of the Hudson and the ways in which man has enriched or devastated the river.

    Early this century Eugène Marais, journalist, lawyer, poet and natural scientist, travelled to the wild Northern Transvaal and lived for three years at close quarters with a troop of chacma baboons.The Soul of the Ape is the record of his experiences and observations.Lost for forty years, the manuscript was only recently discovered and Robert Ardrey, who dedicated his African Genesis to Marais, believes that it 'presents better than any other book published thus far, the dawning humanity in the psyche of the higher primates.'The Soul of the Ape is both a rare personal document and a pioneering study of the primitive mind.

    This book covers both microtaxonomy,taxonomy at the species level,and macrotaxonomy,classification of the higher taxa. This second edition has a greater emphasis on concepts and theory.

    Mpls./St. Paul magazine. A landmark book in nature photography and writing, opening a door to a vision of the forest seldom seen by most.