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The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal

by Desmond Morris · 1969

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This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.

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medium · 320 pages

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