The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee : Evolution and Human Life - Softcover

Jared Diamond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099913801 ISBN 13: 9780099913801

Publisher: Vintage, 2003

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME's best non-fiction books of all time, the number one international bestseller Collapse and most recently The World UntilYesterday. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.

Review:

"Eloquent and knowledgeable account of the tiny genetic difference between humans and chimps" * Independent * "Some biologists are just scientists; but some truly are thinkers. Jared Diamond is one of the latter. Whatever he applies himself to, his contribution is original and worthwhile" -- Colin Tudge "A fascinating portrait with more than enough uncomfortable facts to stop any dinner-party conversation in its tracks - an important book" * Financial Times * "Confirms Diamond as an impressive scholar and popularizer-an enjoyable, stimulating and audacious book" * Nature *

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099913801
• ISBN 13: 9780099913801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360