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Great ape odyssey

Title
Great ape odyssey / by Biruté Mary Galdikas ; photographys by Karl Ammann ; foreword by Jane Goodall.
Author
Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams, ©2005.

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Description
142 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
Overview: Early in her career in the late 1960s, Birute Galdikas was handpicked, along with Jane Goodall and the late Dian Fossey, by the renowned paleontologist Louis Leakey to go out into the world and study the great apes. She went on to dedicate her life to observing orangutans in their natural habitat and has become one of the world's leading authorities on orangutans. "I had reached the point where it was hard for me to see the differences between apes and humans," Galdikas once admitted on a 48 Hours television special. Here the famed primatologist and author of Orangutan Odyssey explores each of the great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees-including bonobos-and orangutans), interpreting the latest research and describing relationships among the different species-all in the context of the mounting threat of extinction. The 125 up-close images by internationally renowned wildlife photographer Karl Ammann illustrate the behaviors of these intriguing, humanlike animals. The result is a compelling overview of what we have learned about these fascinating creatures and, in turn, what they can teach us about ourselves.
Subject
  • Apes
  • Chimpanzees
  • Bonobo
  • Gorilla
  • Bornean orangutan
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Pan paniscus
  • Gorilla gorilla
  • Pongo pygmaeus
  • Pan troglodytes (species)
  • Gorilla gorilla (species)
  • Pongo pygmaeus (species)
  • Gorilla
  • Chimpanzees
  • Bornean orangutan
  • Bonobo
  • Apes
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Introduction : our blood kin, the great apes -- Chimpanzees : our sibling species, robust and gracile -- Gorillas : greatest of the apes -- Orangutans : the great orange ape -- The end of eden.
ISBN
  • 081095575X
  • 9780810955752
LCCN
2004025012
OCLC
  • ocm57007683
  • 57007683
  • SCSB-1408396
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library