The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond
The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond
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The Third Chimpanzee
The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

Author: Jared Diamond

Narrator: Rob Shapiro

Unabridged: 15 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2012


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Jared Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California at Los Angeles, is the author of the bestselling Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. Diamond has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on February 07, 2020

A confrontation with the often forgotten stations of incarnation. The author tackles a variety of topics in his first work and shows similarities with human norms in the animal kingdom in state formation, social and sexual behavior, drug use and rudimentary agriculture by using evolutionary developme......more

Goodreads review by Riku on November 17, 2014

Original review: The audience called for an encore and Jared obliged. The rewind was not as much fun. Update: The Homosexual Chimpanzee? However, this book has some great explanations on human sexuality but does not address one which I was not able to find a satisfactory explanation for, evolutionarily......more

Goodreads review by Scott on November 29, 2016

If you've read Guns, Germs and Steel or Collapse you know what to expect from Jared Diamond- a blizzard of fascinating facts, insights and theories that will spark tens of conversations among your like minded friends and colleagues. Diamond is a master of spinning hard fact and intriguing theory into......more

Goodreads review by David on January 11, 2013

This is a wonderful book by a great author. In fact, I prefer this book to the other books that I've read by Jared Diamond. It is entertaining, informative, and every page is interesting. The book covers a vast range of topics, such as how are humans qualitatively different from other animals, why d......more

Goodreads review by SJ on May 19, 2011

Funny that I read this book in Mexico, a country where more people believe in creation than evolution. For the record, I think we evolved from apes. For the record, that doesn't bother me in the least. I am going to do two things, first, I will talk about what I learned from this book, secondly I am......more