Desmond Morris' The Naked Ape changed my perception of the world around me forever. Arguably one of the greatest insights of human nature, it analyzes the human species and examines homo sapiens in relation to other organisms to show reason behind our evolutionary path. Morris directs his readers to conceive humans in their original state: as animals. He does not observe humans as hierarchical living organisms, taking in account human nature from a zoologist's point of view. It is then all too easy to see the significance behind human history, to see ourselves as animals in a primitive form we tend to disregard. The Naked Ape provides answers to our world, to simplify the complex lives we lead to understand our sole existence. Strikingly brilliant , this is a novel not to be left sitting on the shelf.
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