{"product_id":"third-chimpanzee-the-evolution-and-future-of-the-human-animal","title":"Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThird Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJared M Diamond\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060845506\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e432\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wonderful....Jared\u003cbr\u003eDiamond conducts his fascinating study of our behavior and origins with a\u003cbr\u003enaturalist's eye and a philosopher's cunning.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Diane\u003cbr\u003eAckerman, author of \u003cem\u003eA Natural History of the Senses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating, provocative, \u003cbr\u003epassionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning\u003cbr\u003eauthor and scientist Jared Diamond, author of \u003cem\u003eGun, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/em\u003e, explores how the extraordinary human animal, \u003cbr\u003ein a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world . . . and\u003cbr\u003ethe means to irrevocably destroy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe human beings share 98 percent\u003cbr\u003eof our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the\u003cbr\u003eplanet--having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and\u003cbr\u003ediverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created\u003cbr\u003ebreathtaking works of art--while chimps remain animals concerned primarily\u003cbr\u003ewith the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent\u003cbr\u003edifference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary\u003cbr\u003ecousins? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Third Chimpanzee\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force, an iconoclastic, compelling, sometimes alarming look at the unique and marvelous creature that is the human animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal | Jared M Diamond | Paperback | 9780060845506 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks F 1786121","offer_id":50777326977282,"sku":"1786121","price":17.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71kapntAEmL.jpg?v=1792160973","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/third-chimpanzee-the-evolution-and-future-of-the-human-animal","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}