The artistic ape : three million years of art / Desmond Morris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the definition of art
Roots of art: the anthropology of art
Non-human art: drawings and paintings by animals
Child art: the personal unfolding of the artistic impulse
Prehistoric art: from hunter-gatherers to the first farmers
Tribal art: the images of tribal societies
Ancient art: the birth of civilised art
Traditional art: from the sacred to the salon
Modern art: post-photographic art
Folk art: uneducated art in an educated world
Roles of art: roads to the extraordinary

Desmond Morris was born January 24, 1928 in Purton, North Wiltshire, United Kingdom. He is a British zoologist, ethologist, author, and surrealist painter. After Morris' military service, he attended the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1951 with a First Class Honours Degree in Zoology. In 1954, he received a D.Phil from Oxford University. After graduation, Morris was a Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo until 1966. Morris was a presenter of the ITV television program "Zoo Time" in the 1950s, but may be best-known for his 1967 best-selling book, The Naked Ape, which describes the evolution of human behavior from a zoological point-of-view. Morris has authored nearly fifty scientific publications.