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The third chimpanzee : the evolution and future of the human animal / Jared Diamond.

Summary:

A renowned scientist examines the less than two percent of human genes that distinguish us from chimpanzees and that link human behaviors--such as genocide, drug addiction, and the extermination of other species--to our animal predecessors.

Record details

ISBN: 0060845503
ISBN: 9780060845506
Physical Description: viii, 407, 16 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"P.S., insights, interviews & more": pages [1]-16 (3rd group).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Part 1. Just another species of big mammal. 1. A tale of three chimps ; 2. The great leap forward -- Part 2. An animal with a strange life cycle. 3. The evolution of human sexuality ; 4. The science of adultery ; 5. How we pick our mates and sex partners ; 6. Sexual selection, and the origin of human races ; 7. Why do we grow old and die? -- Part 3. Uniquely human. 8. Bridges to human language ; 9. Animal origins of art ; 10. Agriculture's mixed blessings ; 11. Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? ; 12. Alone in a crowded universe -- Part 4. World conquerors. 13. The last first contacts ; 14. Accidental conquerors ; 15. Horses, Hittites, and history ; 16. In black and white -- Part 5. Reversing our progress overnight. 17. The golden age that never was ; 18. Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World ; 19. The second cloud -- Epilogue : Nothing learned and everything forgotten? -- Acknowledgments -- Further readings -- Index.