{"product_id":"the-ape-in-the-tree-alan-walker-9780674016750","title":"The Ape in the Tree: An Intellectual and Natural History of Proconsul","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution: \u003ci\u003eProconsul\u003c\/i\u003e, a fossil ape named whimsically after a performing chimpanzee called Consul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ape in the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is written in the voice of Alan Walker, whose involvement with \u003ci\u003eProconsul\u003c\/i\u003e began when his graduate supervisor analyzed the tree-climbing adaptations in the arm and hand of this extinct creature. Today, Proconsul is the best-known fossil ape in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe history of ideas is set against the vivid adventures of Walker's fossil-hunting expeditions in remote regions of Africa, where the team met with violent thunderstorms, dangerous wildlife, and people isolated from the Western world. Analysis of the thousands of new \u003ci\u003eProconsul\u003c\/i\u003e specimens they recovered provides revealing glimpses of the life of this last common ancestor between apes and humans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe attributes of \u003ci\u003eProconsul\u003c\/i\u003e have profound implications for the very definition of humanness. This book speaks not only of an ape in a tree but also of the ape in our tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Walker,Pat Shipman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674016750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674016750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.86w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 1123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2005 pg. 76","brand":"Alan Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448881852671,"sku":"9780674016750","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82b05582-8892-489f-a4da-7dd3430417df.jpg?v=1777260994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ape-in-the-tree-alan-walker-9780674016750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}