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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 573.2
Fabric Type: 9780060845506
Fax Number: First Harper Perennial Edition
Legal Disclaimer: 0060845503
Maximum Color Depth: Harper Perennial
Metal Type: Harper Perennial
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 432
Total External Bays Free: January 01, 2006
Total Firewire Ports: Harper Perennial
Total Parallel Ports: January 03, 2006
Harper Perennial
Features:- ISBN13: 9780060845506
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Amazon.com Review:
Jared Diamond states the theme of his book up-front: "How the human species changed, within a short time, from just another species of big mammal to a world conqueror; and how we acquired the capacity to reverse all that progress overnight." The Third Chimpanzee is, in many ways, a prequel to Diamond's prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns examines "the fates of human societies," this work surveys the longer sweep of human evolution, from our origin as just another chimpanzee a few million years ago. Diamond writes:
It's obvious that humans are unlike all animals. It's also obvious that we're a species of big mammal down to the minutest details of our anatomy and our molecules. That contradiction is the most fascinating feature of the human species.
The chapters in The Third Chimpanzee on the oddities of human reproductive biology were later expanded in Why Is Sex Fun? Here, they're linked to Diamond's views of human psychology and history.
Diamond is officially a physiologist at UCLA medical school, but he's also one of the best birdwatchers in the world. The current scientific consensus that "primitive" humans created ecological catastrophes in the Pacific islands, Australia, and the New World owes a great deal to his fieldwork and insight. In Diamond's view, the current global ecological crisis isn't due to modern technology per se, but to basic weaknesses in human nature. But, he says, "I'm cautiously optimistic. If we will learn from our past that I have traced, our own future may yet prove brighter than that of the other two chimpanzees." --Mary Ellen Curtin
Product Description:
The Development of an Extraordinary Species
We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world . . . and the means to irrevocably destroy it.
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Excellent book, arrived on time and in excellent condition. Shipping was reasonable.
A friend said to me many years ago, at least 6 or 7 years, "I've NEVER heard of anyone who has had a problem with Amazon" so I began to check out Amazon for items I might like. I completely agree with my friend, who by the way was head of SeniorNet in Vero Beach. His words carried lots of weight with all of us.
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If you are in the search to understand the evolution of humanity then look no further than books by this author (Jared Diamond). His writing and explanatory powers are unmatched and his sense of humor is a welcome change. I was unable to put this book down, the reading is light and accompanied by tons of facts. I truly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in wanting to know more about the history of Humans as an animal.
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The 3rd Chimp book review.
I knew we were big apes, but I didn't really know all the details. Jared Diamond's well developed book puts it into a focused perspective. The problem is... us! Luckily, the solution lies in us as well, and we're definitely full of surprises.
With numerous comparisons to other species and detailed explanations of how one evolutionary trait or behavior can lead to another (and sometimes cancel out others too), the reader arrives at answers to how ... Read More
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After reading this book, I decided that I should read all books written by the author. Jared has a gift and he uses it well. His style is very interesting and he even manages to get a few laughs out of the reader once in a while. The title of the book in itself is intriguing. The author discusses several theories and then goes on to explain to the reader which, in his opinion, is the most probable. I think everyone should read this book since no previous knowledge of the subject is needed. There is ... Read More
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Excellent book by Diamond. He analyzes the great leap forward (the time period in human history where great leaps were made that culminated in our becoming the dominant species on the planet.
Topics emphasized are the evolution of human language with great examples from studies in contemporary linguistics; human sexual behavior including concealed ovulation, monogamy or not, anatomy and physiology of human sex; the history of genocide and its implications with respect to the survival of ... Read More
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