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HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION, Dutton USA, 1967.
A lively observation based study of the great apes - exploring evolutionary origins and divergence, behaviour, and the role of apes in myth and fact throughout human history, and ( from a 1960's viewpoint) - the dangers of declining numbers in the wild. Reynolds spent almost 10 years studying apes in the Budongo forest in Uganda.
Reynolds was one of the most notable naturalists and primatologists of the 20th century.
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