The Naked Ape

Reading The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris.

I’m just starting out on this book.

Desmond Morris takes on an interesting point of view in his introduction. He states that anthropologist have it all wrong in studying group still living in “technologically simple tribal groupd” as an example of human behavior. He proposes that these groups are in fact “stultified” -they have failed to advanced and have gone wrong somewhere along the way, while the majority of humanity has explored and grown beyond this state.

Though he does not discount that this information has been useful, he proposes that it is now time to look into the “typical behavior of the typical naked ape,” i.e. the mainstream specimen who represent the majority: successful members of the main cultures.

So far so good. I look forward to more.