GLUTTONS AND LIBERTINES : Human Problems of Being Natural (Vintage V-267)

Text/BRAND NEW & showing margin discoloration. Cover/NF w/light shelfwear. Zoologist Marston Bates (1906 - 1974) is known for studies on mosquitoes and contribution to understanding the epidemiology of yellow fever in northern South America. First published 1958; this is a 1971 printing. A look at some biological "handicaps" that comes with being a human primate. A witty, encyclopedic collection of our salient, behavorial food & sex patterns, and other reoccuriing aberrations that question the validity whether we can lay claim to being that uniquely rational a being. Bates shares : "non-human primates" tend to behave poorly when confined to zoos. And, man, constricted by social mores & institutions? Is it why he cannot but dispoil his own environment, repudiate readily available foods for the exotic, and delights in frowned upon sexual activities? Lighthearted, entertainining & provocative path to better understanding ourselves? 244 pgs in 14 chapers on behavior patterns we are all familiar withm directly or indirectly.…