The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human AnimalHarper Collins, 3 ian. 2006 - 432 pagini 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. |
Cuprins
11 | |
21 | |
32 | |
PART | 59 |
3 | 67 |
How We Pick Our Mates and Sex Partners | 99 |
Sexual Selection and the Origin of Human Races | 110 |
Why Do We Grow Old and Die? | 122 |
PART FOUR | 217 |
13 | 223 |
Accidental Conquerors | 235 |
Horses Hittites and History | 249 |
In Black and White | 276 |
REVERSING OUR PROGRESS OVERNIGHT | 311 |
The Golden Age That Never Was | 317 |
Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World | 339 |
PART THREE | 137 |
Animal Origins of | 168 |
Agricultures Mixed Blessings | 180 |
II | 192 |
12 | 205 |
The Second Cloud | 349 |
Nothing Learned and Everything Forgotten? | 363 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 369 |
INDEX | 393 |
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal Jared M. Diamond Vizualizare fragmente - 1992 |