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Hahn, Emily. On the Side of the Apes

On the Side of the Apes
Title
On the Side of the Apes: What Man's Closest Relatives Are Teaching us About Ourselves
Author
Hahn, Emily
Publisher
Arena Books, New York
Year
1972
ISBN
0-515-02784-7 (paperback)
Illustrations
photographs
Bibliography
Selected Bibliography
Index
Index
Pages
335
Categories
Apes, Primates, Laboratory Animals, Behavior, Chimpanzees
Language
American English (en-US)
From the Book Cover
Meet our cousins the apes—loving, playing, sulking, scheming—our nearest non-human relatives. With a delightful wit and informality Miss Hahn introduces some of her favorite primates—the chimpanzee named Washoe who learned how to "talk" with deaf children though sign language—the mischievous Lucy who could unlock any door in her foster parents' home—the rock-'n-roll monkeys who perform a wild dance accompanied by the beat of their own clay drums.
It's all part of a program to learn more about ourselves. Through the study of apes, scientists have contributed to research on cancer, drug addiction, alcoholism, sleep, allergy, and even such subjects as thought and language. This intriguing book shows that we may find many answers to questions of human nature on the side of the apes.
My Summary
This is a history of using apes and monkeys as laboratory animals in the U.S., therefore nothing for an antivivisectionist with a weak stomach.
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T.Y. Crowell Co., 1971

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