Rejected belief that humans are violent by nature (See also Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, & Human Evolution.) Evolutionary anthropologist and primatologist Robert Sussman, 74, whose research helped to overturn the long commonly held belief that humans are violent and aggressive by nature, died on June 8, 2016 at his home in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He […]
Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, & Human Evolution
by Donna Hart & Robert W. Sussman Perseus Books (2300 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103), 2005. 312 pages, hardcover. $29.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton (See also Humans evolved as a hunted species, discovered Robert Sussman, 74.) I first encountered Man the Hunted co-author Donna Hart in the early 1980s, while investigating the U.S./Canada transborder traffic in exotic […]
Screaming for the dragon slayer
Chained to fast-falling hunting license sales, with agency revenue and careers at stake, wildlife managers from Florida to Texas are looking toward modestly rising interest in alligator hunting for the miracle that might save them from a fate worse than death––or at least from having to cater chiefly to non-hunting, non-trapping, non-fishing clientele. Listed as a […]