<p><b>The definitive guide to the great apes and how they compare with us, their closest living relatives.</b></p><p>Gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans are only a hair's breadth away from us in evolutionary terms; our DNA differs by just a few percent. These fascinating creatures hold up a mirror to humanity, giving us insights into our past, our present and perhaps even our future.</p><p><i><b>Planet Ape</b></i> reveals the great apes in unprecedented detail: where they live, how they live and the challenges they face. Using innovative artworks, photographs and text, the book makes key comparisons between apes and human beings, including:</p><p><ul><li>Anatomy</li><li>Diet</li><li>Social life</li><li>Courtship and breeding</li><li>Physical and mental development</li><li>Communication.</li></ul></p><p>From peace-loving bonobos to warring chimpanzee communities and from highly sociable gorillas to solitary orangutans, <i><b>Planet Ape</b></i> is the first book to do justice to the diversity and complexity of the ape world and what it tells us about our own.</p><p>Unimaginable habitat loss, war, hunting and disease all threaten to wipe the great apes from the wild. <i><b>Planet Ape</b></i> seizes the moment, examining attempts to safeguard these species, including reserves, captive breeding and reintroduction.</p><p>A proportion of the royalties will be donated to charities working to conserve apes, so buying this book makes an immediate, practical contribution.</p><p><b>A spectacular and authoritative survey of our nearest non-human relatives, full of insight about them - and about ourselves. -- <i>David Attenborough</i></b></p>