The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee: Evolution and Human Life
by Jared M. Diamond
Year
1992
ISBN No.
9780099913801
No.of pages
368
Subject
Science and Technology, Popular Science
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More than 98 percent of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys out 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.
How our animal heritage affects the way we live 20020220
Winner of Rhone Poulenc General Prize for Science Books 1992.
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