This work has become a benchmark of popular anthropology and psychology.

Zoologist Desmond Morris considers humans as being simply another animal species in this classic book first published in 1967. 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, socializing, grooming, playing. The Naked Ape takes its place alongside Darwin’s Origin of the Species, presenting man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape, remarkable in his resilience, energy and imagination, yet an animal nonetheless, in danger of forgetting his origins.

With its penetrating insights on mans beginnings, sex life, habits and our astonishing bonds to the animal kingdom, The Naked Ape is a landmark, at once provocative, compelling and timeless.

作者德斯蒙德•莫利斯简介：

德斯蒙德•莫利斯何许人？他是英国著名动物学家、生物人类学家，生物进化科普作家、电视节目撰稿人和主持人、艺术家，历任伦敦动物园哺乳动物馆馆长、现代美术研究所所长、牛津大学特聘研究员。

莫利斯，这位终身与动物为伍的牛津大学博士，一生都在行走。他用一只眼睛观察动物，用另一只眼睛审视人类。1967年，他用“裸猿三部曲”——《裸猿》《人类动物园》《亲密行为》向人类宣称：人，不是从天而降的天使，而是由地而生的猿猴。

从《裸猿》三部曲起，他一共创作了十来种著作，被翻译成多种语言，且长销不衰。

译者何道宽简介：

何道宽，深圳大学英语及传播学教授，享受政府津贴的专家，曾任中国跨文化交际研究会副会长，现任中国传播学会副理事长、深圳市翻译协会高级顾问，从事文化学、人类学、传播学研究20余年，著译逾1 000万字。著作有《中华文明颉要》（汉英双语版）、《创意导游》（英文版）；电视教学片有《实用英语语音》。译作逾40种，要者有：《思维的训练》《文化树》《超越文化》《理解媒介》等。