'The Lives of the Surrealists' by Desmond Morris (德斯蒙德莫里斯逝世，享年98歲；著有《裸猿》一書，探討人類的動物本能)

德斯蒙德莫里斯逝世，享年98歲；著有《裸猿》一書，探討人類的動物本能

這位英國動物學家於1967年出版了一本廣受歡迎的著作，書中他提出，與猿類共享的古老基因塑造了我們的生活。此觀點在科學界引發了爭議。

一張黑白照片，照片中一位面帶微笑、略顯拘謹的男子坐在兩隻黑猩猩身後，位於它們中間。

1956年，德斯蒙德·莫里斯與黑猩猩剛果和查理在格拉納達電視台的節目“動物園時光”中合影。該節目是他主持的關於倫敦動物園動物的系列節目。圖片來源：德斯蒙德莫里斯收藏/環球圖片集團，經由蓋蒂圖片社

Desmond Morris, 98, Dies; Explored Humans’ Animal Instincts in ‘The Naked Ape’

An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives. Objections in the scientific world ensued.

Desmond Morris in 1956 with the chimpanzees Congo and Charlie on the show “Zoo Time,” a Granada Television series he hosted about animals at the London Zoo.Credit...Desmond Morris Collection/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images

Happy birthday Salvador Dali! Dali was born ​on this day in 1911. Get to know the artist by reading an extract from 'The Lives of the Surrealists' by Desmond Morris, one of the last surviving members of the movement: bit.ly/3beIxwi

​Image: Salvador Dalí, 1936. Photo by Carl Van Vechten. Credit: Carl Van Vechten Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, DC (LC-USZ62-133965)