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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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The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond
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- 2006
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- Title
- The Third Chimpanzee
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jared Diamond
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0060845503
- ISBN13
- 9780060845506
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Science & Math, Nature, Natural sciences, Biology, Science, Languages, Environmental Themes, Ecology, Sociology, Anthropology, Cultural History, Evolution, Genocide, Cultural Anthropology, History of Civilization, Extinction of Species, Collapse of Civilization, Chimpanzees
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
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- 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.