{"id":33463,"date":"2020-12-05T12:31:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=33463"},"modified":"2020-12-05T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:31:39","slug":"graphic-fearless-primatology-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/graphic-fearless-primatology-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Fearless Primatology (book)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birut\u00e9 Galdikas<\/a>\"\" by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks*, a graphic style book** about Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These were, as you probably know, the three women that dispersed around the world to study major great ape species (chimps, gorillas, orangs, respectively) in order to better understand human evolution.<\/p>\n

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These are three reasonably good biographies (and a fourth, of Louis Leakey, linked to all three life stories), presented in an entertaining (and graphic, as in drawing) fashion. Adults will enjoy it, suitable for children.<\/p>\n

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**I struggled with what to call it. It is “graphic novel” format but it is not a novel, It is non fiction. So, is it “graphic non fiction”? The material from the publisher calls it “nonfiction graphic novel” which is clearly not a phrase I want to use unironically. Suggestions welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birut\u00e9 Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks*, a graphic style book** about Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These were, as you probably know, the three women that dispersed around the world to study major great ape species (chimps, gorillas, orangs, … Continue reading Graphic Fearless Primatology (book)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5030,5024,5043],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PrimatesCover.jpg?fit=350%2C525&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-8HJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33466,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33463\/revisions\/33466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}