by Desmond Morris · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422623953
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«El cuerpo al desnudo» is Desmond Morris's popular science essay, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (255 pages, in Spanish).
Desmond Morris, author of «El mono desnudo», surveys the human body here from head to toe: he explains its anatomy, functioning and evolution, and then analyses the gestures, postures, tattoos, hairstyles and other modifications with which each culture shapes and displays it.
The English original, «Bodywatching: A Field Guide to the Human Species», was published in 1985; the Spanish edition is a translation of that text.
For readers interested in anatomy, evolution and the cultural dimension of the human species.
Desmond John Morris FLS hon. caus. was an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He was known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time.
