The Third Chimpanzee : : the Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
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"P.S., insights, interviews & more": p. [1]-16 (3rd group).
Prologue -- pt. 1. Just another species of big mammal -- 1. A tale of three chimps -- 2. The great leap forward -- pt. 2. An animal with a strange life cycle -- 3. The evolution of human sexuality -- 4. The science of adultery -- 5. How we pick our mates and sex partners -- 6. Sexual selection, and the origin of human races -- 7. Why do we grow old and die? -- pt. 3. Uniquely human -- 8. Bridges to human language -- 9. Animal origins of art -- 10. Agriculture's mixed blessings -- 11. Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? -- 12. Alone in a crowded universe -- pt. 4. World conquerors -- 13. The last first contacts - 14. Accidental conquerors -- 15. Horses, Hittites, and history -- 16. In black and white -- pt. 5. Reversing our progress overnight -- 17. The golden age that never was -- 18. Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World -- 19. The second cloud -- Epilogue : nothing learned and everything forgotten? -- Acknowledgments -- Further readings -- Index.
A renowned scientist examines the less than two percent of human genes that distinguish us from chimpanzees and that link human behaviors--such as genocide, drug addiction, and the extermination of other species--to our animal predecessors.
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PUBLISHED
New York : HarperPerennial, [2006]
Year Published: 2006
Description: 407, 16 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0060845503
9780060845506
SUBJECTS
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.