The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee
how our animal heritage affects the way we live
$38.34
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
29 June 1992
Summary
How our animal heritage affects the way we live
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel
More than 98% of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The ‘third’ chimpanzee is man.
Jared Diamond surveys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both towards ourselves and the planet to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099913801 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099913801 |
| Author: | Jared Diamond |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 1992 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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Eloquent and knowledgeable account of the tiny genetic difference between humans and chimps
Eloquent and knowledgeable account of the tiny genetic difference between humans and chimps * Independent *
Some biologists are just scientists; but some truly are thinkers. Jared Diamond is one of the latter. Whatever he applies himself to, his contribution is original and worthwhile – Colin Tudge
A fascinating portrait with more than enough uncomfortable facts to stop any dinner-party conversation in its tracks - an important book * Financial Times *
Confirms Diamond as an impressive scholar and popularizer-an enjoyable, stimulating and audacious book * Nature *
About The Author
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME’s best non-fiction books of all time, the number one international bestseller Collapse and most recently The World Until Yesterday. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond’s work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.
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