本书面向研究人员和非专业人士，综合美学和科学向读者介绍了世界各地近 300 种灵长类动物，配以多张精美插图生动阐释灵长动物的多样性和自然世界之美。

Does biology condemn the human species to violence and war? Previous studies of animal behavior incline us to answer yes, but the message of this book is considerably more optimistic. Without denying our heritage of aggressive behavior, Frans de Waal describes powerful checks and balances in the makeup of our closest animal relatives, and in so doing he shows that to humans...(展开全部)

Does biology condemn the human species to violence and war? Previous studies of animal behavior incline us to answer yes, but the message of this book is considerably more optimistic. Without denying our heritage of aggressive behavior, Frans de Waal describes powerful checks and balances in the makeup of our closest animal relatives, and in so doing he shows that to humans...(展开全部)

温妮斯蒂·马丁博士。于密歇根大学主修人类学，后于耶鲁大学取得比较文学与文化研究博士学位，侧重于人类学、人类学史与精神分析史的研究。长居纽约，有超过二十年的写作与社会研究经验。常在《今日秀》（Today）、《早安美国》（Good Morning America）、CNN、全国公共广播电台（NPR）、NBC News、BBC Newshour、福克斯新闻（Fox News）等媒体探讨亲子教育话题。另著有《Stepmonster》一书。目前与丈夫和两个儿子定居纽约市。

'It's the animal in us', we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, empha...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Celebrated primatologist de Waal expands on his earlier work in Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals to argue that human traits of fairness, reciprocity and altruism develop through natural selection. Based on his 2004 Tanner Lectures at Princeton, this book argues that our morality grows out of the social instincts we ...(展开全部)

弗朗斯·德瓦尔是荷兰著名的心理学家、动物学家和生态学家，美国艾默里大学灵长类动物行为学教授。 1993年，他当选为荷兰皇家艺术与科学院院士，之后，又相继人选美国国家科学院院士及美国艺术与科学院院士。2007年他被美国《时代》周刊选为当今世界具有巨大影响的百位世界文化名人，以及目前在世的全球最伟大的十几个科学家之一。他的主要著作还有：《类人猿与寿司大师》、《灵长类动物如何谋求和平》以及《人类的猿性》等。

This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar--among the smallest primates known to exist--to the regal mountain gorillas of Africa. Organized by region and spanning every family of primates on Earth, the book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of...(展开全部)

Working from an encyclopedic knowledge of primates throughout human history, Colin Groves provides a quick-reading narrative that serves equally well as an introduction for new students or an illuminating refresher for experienced researchers. Supporting its easy flow are decades of research; a lifetime of scholarship has been expertly condensed into a survey of primates in Wes...(展开全部)

Working from an encyclopedic knowledge of primates throughout human history, Colin Groves provides a quick-reading narrative that serves equally well as an introduction for new students or an illuminating refresher for experienced researchers. Supporting its easy flow are decades of research; a lifetime of scholarship has been expertly condensed into a survey of primates in Wes...(展开全部)