In Quest of the Sacred Baboon
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First edition. Previous owner's name and date are written on the endpaper. Inside pages clean and binding is tight.In a tale that begins at a zoo in Zurich and takes us across the deserts of Ethio...
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First edition. Previous owner's name and date are written on the endpaper. Inside pages clean and binding is tight.In a tale that begins at a zoo in Zurich and takes us across the deserts of Ethiopia to the Asir Mountains in Saudi Arabia, Hans Kummer recreates the adventure and intellectual thrill of the early days of field research on primates. Just as Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey introduced readers to the fascinating lives of chimpanzees and gorillas, Kummer brings us face to face with the Hamadryas baboon. With their furry white mantles and gleaming red hindquarters, the Hamadryas appear frequently in the art of the ancient Egyptians, who may have interpreted the baboons' early morning grooming rituals as sun worshiping rites.
Product Info
ISBN: 0691037019
ISBN-13: 9780691037011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 1995-10-30
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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