The Third Chimpanzee by Jared M Diamond

The Third Chimpanzee by Jared M Diamond

"Wonderful....Jared
Diamond conducts his fascinating study of our behavior and origins with a
naturalist's eye and a philosopher's cunning." --Diane
Ackerman, author of A Natural History of the Senses

In 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.

In addition to teaching geography at UCLA, researching the birds of New Guinea and the Southwest Pacific Islands, and promoting the practice of sustainable environmental policies to leaders around the world, JARED DIAMOND is also the author of bestselling books about evolution and human history. Diamond studied physiology at Harvard and Cambridge, before narrowing his research to the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the gall bladder. It was on a summer trip to New Guinea in 1964, however, that he first began to carefully consider the questions that would intrigue him for the next half-century: why did New Guinea's extremely intelligent and resourceful indigenous peoples have no writing, chiefs, or steel tools? His Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies was an attempt to answer that question. Diamond is the author of several other books on geography and evolutionary biology, including Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. The Third Chimpanzee for Young People is his first book adapted for younger audiences. Diamond lives in Los Angeles.

REBECCA STEFOFF specializes in writing nonfiction for young readers, with a focus on scientific, historical, and literary subjects. Her adaptations include A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn and A Different Mirror for Young People by Ronald T. Takaki.

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ISBN 13	9780060845506
ISBN 10	0060845503
Title	The Third Chimpanzee
Author	Jared M Diamond
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2006-01-03
Number of pages	432
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