The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) image
ISBN-10:

0060845503

ISBN-13:

9780060845506

Edition: 1
Released: Jan 03, 2006
Publisher: Harper-perennial
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
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Description:

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.












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