Tarzan of the Apes.

After his parents die in the African jungle, an infant is adopted and raised by a family of great apes. He learns their calls and habits. He climbs with them and hunts with them. The forest shapes his body and his mind. Years pass without any sign of other people. The story follows his place in the troop and the rules that govern it. It shows how he comes to know the land and the creatures around him.