The Ape in the Tree: An Intellectual and Natural History of
by Alan Walker, Pat Shipman, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology Pat Shipman
Category: Literary Criticism

Detailing the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution, this book is written in the voice of Walker, whose involvement with Proconsul began when his graduate supervisor analyzed the tree-climbing adaptations in the arm and hand of this extinct creature. Today, Proconsul is the best-known fossil ape in the world.