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In 1967, zoologist Desmond Morris wrote a provocative book titled The Naked Ape, in which he examined Homo sapiens as an animal. Treading in the realm of ethologists and anthropologists, Morris developed a unique style of observing and describing humans as a scientist would examine the behaviors of any other animal. Given the fact that humans are, in fact, animals, this was not a surprising perspective for a zoologist to take to describe human behavior. However, social scientists were not as receptive to the perspective. Morris warned, “There are others who will resent any zoological invasion of their specialist area ” (Morris, 1967, p. 12). Morris stuck to basic behaviors, describing his observations of human behaviors in the realms of sex, fighting, and caregiving. Indeed, Wilson (1980) later paid the price for such resentment when he introduced his controversial idea of sociobiology. In one violent incident, Wilson was doused with water by protesters who invaded the America