Research Catalog

Title

The red ape : orangutans and human origins / Jeffrey H. Schwartz.

Author

Schwartz, Jeffrey H.

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview, 2005.

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Description

xvi, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In upending the conventional wisdom on relationships between apes and humans, Schwartz provides a fresh examination of the fossil record, genetics, and the comparative anatomy and physiology of humans and other living primates. Discussing these topics from a historical, philosophical, and theoretical perspective, he argues that it is the Asian orangutan, not the African chimpanzee, bonobo, or gorilla, that is humankind's closest evolutionary cousin. The result is a challenge to what we think we know about the origins of humans."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Human evolution
• Orangutans
• Human beings > Origin

Note

• Previous ed.: Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The orangutan -- 2. In pursuit of human ancestry -- 3. The search for our closest relatives -- 4. The riddle of relatedness -- 5. Primates first, hominoids last -- 6. The hominoids -- 7. Humans and orangutans -- 8. Blood's thicker than bones -- 9. Of molecules and evolution -- 10. In the wake of The red ape -- 11. Chimps uber Alles? -- 12. The return of the red ape.

ISBN

0813340640

OCLC

• ocm57709530
• SCSB-5166064

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries