Primates


In the Shadow of Man
Gorillas in the Mist
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
One Gorilla
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
139 books — 97 voters

Curious George by H.A. ReyThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsPlanet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Monkey Business
357 books — 56 voters

Death at SeaWorld by David  KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotMarley and Me by John Grogan
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
594 books — 152 voters

Lisa Kemmerer
Increasingly we come to understand that any difference between human and nonhuman primates does not necessarily show humans in a complimentary light.
Lisa Kemmerer, Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary

Frans de Waal
If you now ask me if there is any difference between the human sense of fairness and that of chimpanzees, I really don’t know anymore. There are probably a few differences left, but by and large both species actively seek to equalize outcomes. The great step up compared with the first-order fairness of monkeys, dogs, crows, parrots, and a few other species is that we hominids are better at predicting the future. Humans and apes realize that keeping everything for themselves will create bad feeli ...more
Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

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