The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

by Diamond, Jared M.
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The Development of an Extraordinary Species

We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world . . . and the means to irrevocably destroy it.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Diamond, Jared M.
  • ISBN: 9780060845506
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.03 x 1.02
  • Number Of Pages: 432
  • Publication Year: 2006

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