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Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (The Texas Pan American series)

By: Aveni, Anthony F.; Gingerich, Owen

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Austin, University of Texas Press: 1980

Seller ID: 2305663

ISBN: 0292775571

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Half-inch tear along jacket spine head. 1980 Large Hardcover. x, 355 pp. Combining as it does the romance of space with the mistery of the past, the study of pre-colombian skywatchers of the new world has drawn increasing scientific and popular attention in recent years...--jacket
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Cousins: Our Primate Relatives (BBC/Discovery Channel)

By: Dunbard, Robin; Barrett, Louise

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, DK: 2000

Seller ID: 2295390

ISBN: 0789471558

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped. 2000 Large Hardcover. 240 pp. The extraordinary group of animals that demonstrate inquiring minds, sociable natures, superb agility, and manipulative ability -- the primates -- are the subject of this absorbing book. As human we consider ourselves the most remarkable creatures on earth, and yet the peculiar characteristics of the primates fascinate us and remind us of ourselves. Cousins covers every aspect of the world of primates, including the latest scientific theories about their behavior and evolution. The first chapter takes the reader in...
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In the Shadow of Man

By: Goodall, Jane [van Lawick-Goodall, Jane]

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Delta Books: 1971

Seller ID: 2300067

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

3rd printing. Lightly rubbed, faint toning. 1971 Trade Paperback. Goodall's pioneering work on Chimpanzee intelligence and social structure.
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Beauty and the Beasts: Woman, Ape and Evolution

By: Jahme, Carole

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Soho: 2001

Seller ID: 2205838

ISBN: 1569472319

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A few light smudges to top page ridge. Near fine. Near Fine. 2001 Hard Cover. x, 406 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. Animal magnetism . . . or a disturbance in the field?What is it with female primatologists and their chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas? The sheer number of women in this field is startling, as are the dangers they risk pursuing their beloved subjects. Fiercely dedicated and devoted, they go to remarkable lengths to conduct their studies and to protect their great apes from poachers, revolutions, and human contamination. It is an impressive array of s...
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Dreaming Jungles

By: Rio, Michael

Price: $5.00

Publisher: ., Pantheon: 1987

Seller ID: 2208400

ISBN: 0394556615

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1st English translation. Jacket lightly rubbed. 1987 Hard Cover. A young German scientist travels to Africa to study chimpanzees, but ends up learning more about human nature than he ever could have imagined.
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The New Illustrated Natural History

By: Wood, J.G. [John George]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons: 1874

Seller ID: 2206713

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

A couple minor spots on front board, ink name and date on title page. 1874 Full-Leather. Beautiful full tree calf, extensive gilt decorations on spine and turn-ins, red leather spine label with gilt titles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A work of natural history by the author who popularized the field, illustrated with engravings throughout. Revised and adapted from J.G. Wood's earlier work 'Illustrated Natural History', originally published in 1853.
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Category: Primates

Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (The Texas Pan American series)

Cousins: Our Primate Relatives (BBC/Discovery Channel)

In the Shadow of Man

Beauty and the Beasts: Woman, Ape and Evolution

Dreaming Jungles

The New Illustrated Natural History

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