《裸猿》撰写过程中，我参阅了许多著作，难以全部列举。比较重要的文献在此按章节和专题的形式列出，所谓重要者或在某一点上提供了重要的信息，或值得进一步参阅。更详细的书目见“主要参考文献”。
1 TRIBES AND SUPER-TRIBES
Home range of prehistoric man: Washburn and DeVore, 1962.
Prehistoric man: Boule and Vallois, 1957. Clark and Piggott, 1965.
Read, 1925. Tax, 1960. Washburn, 1962.
Farming origins: Cole, 1959. Piggott, 1965. Zeuner, 1963.
Urban origins: Piggott, 1961, 1965. Smailes, 1953.
Mourning dress: Crawley, 1931.
2 STATUS AND SUPER-STATUS
Behaviour of baboons: Hall and DeVore, 1965.
Dominance patterns: Caine, 1960.
Status seekers: Packard, 1960.
Mimicry: Wickler, 1968.
Suicide: Berelson and Steiner, 1964. Stengel, 1964. Woddis, 1957.
Re-direction of aggression: Bastock, Morris and Moynihan, 1953.
Cruelty to animals: Jennison, 1937. Turner, 1964.
3 SEX AND SUPER-SEX
Sexual behaviour: Beach, 1965. Ford and Beach, 1952. Hediger, 1965.
Kinsey et al., 1948, 1953. Morris, 1956, 1964, 1966 and 1967.
Masturbation: Kinsey et al., 1948.
Religious ecstasy: Bataille, 1962.
Boredom: Berlyne, 1960.
Displacement activities: Tinbergen, 1951.
Monkey prostitutes: Zuckerman, 1932.
Feline display: Leyhausen, 1956.
Sexual mimicry: Wickler, 1967.
Status sex: Russell and Russell, 1961.
Phallic symbols: Knight and Wright, 1957. Boullet, 1961.
Maltese cross: Adams, 1870.
4 IN-GROUPS AND OUT-GROUPS
Aggression and War: Ardrey, 1963, 1967. Berkowitz, 1962, Carthy and Ebling, 1964.
Lorenz, 1963. Richardson, 1960. Storr, 1968.
Races of man: Broca, 1864. Coon, 1963, 1966. Montagu, 1945. Pickering, 1850.
Smith, 1968.
Racial conflict: Berelson and Steiner, 1964. Segal, 1966.
Population levels: Fremlin, 1965.
5 IMPRINTING AND MAL-IMPRINTING
Imprinting in animals: Lorenz, 1935. Sluckin, 1965.
Mal-imprinting in animals: Hediger, 1950, 1965 （zoo animals）. Morris, 1964（zoo animals）. Scott, 1956, 1958（dogs）. Scott and Fuller, 1965 （dogs）. Whitman, 1919 （pigeons）.
Social isolation in monkeys: Harlow and Harlow, 1962.
Human infant bonding: Ambrose, 1960. Brackbill and Thompson, 1967.
Pair-bonding: Morris, 1967.
Fetishism: Freeman, 1967. Hartwich, 1959.
Homosexuality: Morris, 1952, 1954, 1955. Schutz, 1965. West, 1968.
Pet-keeping: Morris and Morris, 1966.
6 THE STIMULUS STRUGGLE
Zoo animals: Appelman, 1960. Hediger, 1950. Inhelder, 1962. Lang, 1943. Lyall-Watson, 1963. Morris, 1962, 1964, 1966.
Boredom and stress: Berlyne, 1960.
Aesthetics: Morris, 1962.
Bestiality: Kinsey et al., 1948, 1953.
Super-normal stimuli: Morris, 1956. Tinbergen, 1951,1953.
Children\'s drawings: Morris, 1962.
Costume: Laver, 1950, 1952, 1963.
Cut-off: Chance, 1962.
7 THE CHILDLIKE ADULT
Chimpanzee curiosity: Morris, 1962. Morris and Morris, 1966.
Initiation ceremonies: Cohen, 1964.
School rituals: Opie and Opie, 1959.