An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
426. History's Greatest Monkeys
March 07, 2024
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Charles Darwin
Context:
Tom quotes from this book at the opening, explaining it's the book in which Darwin 'famously points out that man too is an ape'
Author: William Pitt Lennox
Context:
Dominic references this 1860 book as a source for information about Jacko Macaco, noting it contains a section about Regency-era sporting activities including bull baiting and cockfighting
Author: George Charles Grantley Fitzharding Barkley
Context:
Dominic mentions that this Whig MP 'wrote a memoir' in which he claims the dogs in Jacko Macaco's fights were injured beforehand to rig the matches
Author: Desmond Morris
Context:
Tom and Dominic discuss this 1967 book by primatologist Desmond Morris, describing it as 'very 60s' and discussing its claims about human sexuality and the relationship between humans and other primates