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The rise and fall of the third chimpanzee

Author: Jared M Diamond
Publisher: Radius, 1991.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"More than 98% of our human genes are shared with the two species of chimpanzee. The 'third chimpanzee' is man. Jared Diamond survetys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both toward ourselves and the planet ; to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins."--Back cover.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Diamond, Jared M.
Rise and fall of the third chimpanzee.
Radius, 1991
(OCoLC)742304911
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jared M Diamond
ISBN: 0091742684 9780091742683 0091777704 9780091777708
OCLC Number: 59049793
Awards: Winner of Rhone Poulenc General Prize for Science Books 1992
Description: 360 pages
Contents: Just another species of big mammal --
An animal with a strange life cycle (Evolution of human sexuality ; The science of adultery ; How we pick our mates & sex partners ; Sexual selection & the origin of human races ; Why do we grow old & die?) --
Uniquely human (Bridges to human language ; Animal origins of art ; Agriculture's two-edged sword ; Why do we smoke, drink & use dangerous drugs? ; Alone in a crowded universe) --
World conquerors --
Reversing our progress overnight.
Responsibility: Jared Diamond.

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"More than 98% of our human genes are shared with the two species of chimpanzee. The 'third chimpanzee' is man. Jared Diamond survetys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both toward ourselves and the planet ; to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins."--Back cover.

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