The Third Chimpanzee

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) - January 3, 2006 by Jared Diamond (Author), US.

"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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 432 pages
• Dimensions 136 x 204 x 26mm | 322g
• Publication date 03 Jan 2006
• Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0060845503
• ISBN13 9780060845506