An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

426. History's Greatest Monkeys

March 07, 2024

Description

Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals. A military grave from the 5th century...
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Books Referenced

The Descent of Man

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'

Pictures of Sporting Life and Character

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

Memoir

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

The Naked Ape

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