BOOK – paperback, epub

This unique volume brings together two essential works by the visionary South African naturalist Eugène Marais.

The Soul of the Ape is his groundbreaking scientific study of primate behavior and the origins of the human psyche, a manuscript famously lost for over thirty years.

It is paired here with My Friends the Baboons, a collection of warm, anecdotal observations from his three years living among a wild troop in the Waterberg mountains.

Together, these two fascinating texts offer a complete picture of Marais’ pioneering research into the animal mind.
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