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

Jared Diamond

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

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 work, 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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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Year
1992
Genre
Science & Technology
Topics
Human evolutionEvolutionary biologyAnthropology

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