Title:
The third chimpanzee : the evolution and future of the human animal / Jared Diamond.
ISBN:
9780060845506
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial, [2006]
Physical Description:
viii, 407, 16 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
General Note:
"P.S., insights, interviews & more": pages [1]-16 (3rd group).
Contents:
Prologue -- Part 1. Just another species of big mammal. 1. A tale of three chimps ; 2. Great leap forward -- Part 2. An animal with a strange life cycle. 3. Evolution of human sexuality ; 4. 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. Last first contacts ; 14. Accidental conquerors ; 15. Horses, Hittites, and history ; 16. In black and white -- Part 5. Reversing our progress overnight. 17. Golden age that never was ; 18. Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World ; 19. Second cloud -- Epilogue : Nothing learned and everything forgotten?
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.
OCLC Number:
ocm63839931
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