Veblen’s Naked Ape Socioeconomics
In 1967, Desmond Morris wrote The Naked Ape: A Zoologist’s Study of the Human Animal. In this work, Morris examined human behavioral patterns within the larger animal kingdom. He categorized these behaviors into six fundamental drives: sex, rearing, exploration, fighting, feeding, and comfort—each rooted in our evolutionary past yet expressed in the modern context of daily […]