Primates

By Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks (Illustrator)

Explore the groundbreaking journeys of three pioneering primatologists who changed our understanding of primates and ourselves.

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144 pages

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Dive into the captivating world of primatology with Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. Guided by Louis Leakey, these trailblazing women revolutionized our understanding of primates and human nature. Follow their thrilling adventures and scientific breakthroughs in this engaging graphic novel, where each page reveals the challenges and triumphs of their extraordinary careers. What discoveries await in the jungles and forests they explored? Uncover the legacy of these remarkable scientists and their impact on the world.

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERJim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. These three ground-breaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology–and to our own understanding of ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an accessible, entertaining, and informative look at the field of primatology and at the lives of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the twentieth century. Thanks to the charming and inviting illustrations by Maris Wicks, this is a nonfiction graphic novel with broad appeal.

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