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The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

by Jared Diamond (Author)

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    Paperback 1992

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    Hardcover 1991

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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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 28 May 1992
ISBN 10: 0099913801
ISBN 13: 9780099913801
Book Overview: How our animal heritage affects the way we live
 Prizes: Winner of Rhone Poulenc General Prize for Science Books 1992.

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
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.