The Third Chimpanzee: On the Evolution and Future of the Human Animal - Hardcover

Diamond, Jared

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780746040 ISBN 13: 9781780746043

Verlag: Oneworld Publications, 2014

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The Third Chimpanzee was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses fascinating questions.

• If we share more than 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, how is it that we can write, read, talk, build telescopes and bombs, while we put our speechless and bomb-less close relatives in cages and zoos?
• What can woodpeckers teach us about spacecraft?
• Is genocide a human invention?
• Why does extinction matter?
• Why are we destroying the natural resources on which we depend for survival?
• What hope is there for future generations?

Not only is The Third Chimpanzee a mind-boggling survey of how we came to be, but it is also a plea to the next generation to "make better decisions than their parents and get us out of the mess we're in."

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Rebecca Steffof is the author of more than 150 books and has adapted the works of historian Howard Zinn, science writer Charles C. Mann and ethnic studies pioneer Ronald takaki for young audiences. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1780746040
• ISBN 13: 9781780746043
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar