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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?

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Educational material Educational: Sciences, general science

• Full title: Third Chimpanzee
• Subtitle: On the Evolution and Future Human Animal - (For Young People)
• Author: Jared Diamond
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9781780747484
• ISBN: 1780747489
• ID: 09273410
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Weight: 336 g
• Dimensions: 130 × 198 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2015

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