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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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Jared Diamond is the author of the bestselling Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel. A professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, he has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is a MacArthur Fellow and was awarded the National Medal of Science.
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Product DescriptionWonderful.Jared Diamond conducts his fascinating study of our behavior and origins with a naturalists eye and a philosophers cunning. -Diane Ackerman, author of A Natural History of the SensesIn this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scientist Jared Diamond, author of Gun, Germs, and Steel, 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.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?The Third Chimpanzee is a tour de force, an iconoclastic, compelling, sometimes alarming look at the unique and marvelous creature that is the human animal.ReviewWritten with great wit and a pleasure to read. . . . The books provocative style forces one to reflect thoroughly on the puzzle of human evolution. - New York Times Book ReviewWonderful. . . . Jared Diamond conducts his fascinating study of our behavior and origins with a naturalists eye and a philosophers cunning. - Diane Ackerman, author of A Natural History of the SensesPlenty of provocative ideas. . . . Diamond is as sharp as his name. - Kirkus ReviewsThe Third Chimpanzee will endure. - Edward O. Wilson, Harvard UniversityEveryone will enjoy reading this brilliant book. It helps us understand what it means to be human. - Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University, author of The Population BombThis informative, most fascinating, and very readable book is highly recommended for all libraries. - Library JournalFrom the Back CoverThe Development of an Extraordinary SpeciesWe 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.About the AuthorJared Diamond is the author of the bestselling Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel. A professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, he has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is a MacArthur Fellow and was awarded the National Medal of Science.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.The Third ChimpanzeeThe Evolution and Future of the Human AnimalBy Jared M. Diamond HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.Copyright 2005 Jared M. DiamondAll right reserved.ISBN: 0060845503Chapter OneA Tale of Three ChimpsThe next time you visit a zoo, make a point of walking past the ape cages. Imagine that the apes had lost most of their hair, and imagine a cage nearby holding some unfortunate people who had no clothes and couldn't speak but were otherwise normal. Now try guessing how similar those apes are to us in their genes. For instance, would you guess that a chimpanzee shares 10 percent, 50 percent, or 99 percent o. Seller Inventory # DADAX0060845503
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