The Naked Ape Author:Desmond Morris The naked truth about the man called human. Man is a creature who can write imortal poetry, raise giant cities, aim for the stars, build an atomic bomb-But he is also an animal, a relative of the apes- A naked ape, in fact… — " A startlingly novel idea, brilliantly executed…. To read Desmond Morris on the sex habits of the naked ape is disconcert... more »ing, to say the least. Here the detail is specific and clinical… And the naked ape comes out of it looking very animal indeed… You read on with the mixture of discovery and embarrassment… An enlightening, entertaining, disturbing, discomforting, ego-shrinking experience… Don't miss it" -Saturday Review« less