Jared Diamond surveys out life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both towards ourselves and the planet to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins. The last first contacts - Accidental conquerors - In black and white - Reversing our progress overnight. More than 98 percent of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The mystery of language - Animal origins of art - Agriculture, for better and worse - Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? - Alone in a crowded universe - World conquerors. Human sexuality - The origin of human races - Why do we grow old and die? - Uniquely human. A tale of three chimps - The great leap forward - A strange life cycle. What makes us human? - Just another big mammal. Jared Diamond adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.Īdapted from Jared M. For this reason, the book calls Homo sapiens the. New York : Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square books for young readers, Not only is The Third Chimpanzee a mind-boggling survey of how we came to be, but it is also a plea to the next generation to 'make better decisions than their parents and get us out of the mess were in.' Publisher: Oneworld Publications. As mentioned previously, the genetic difference between humans and chimps of both species is only 1.6 percent. 7 percent of their DNA all chimps vary from humans.Full Bibliographic Record Publication information: Worded another way, chimps vary from pygmy chimps by a mere. Both chimps and humans share 97.7 percent of their DNA in common with the gorilla species. Both chimp species share 98.4 percent of their DNA in common with humans. The chimp species ( Pan troglodytes) shares 99.3 percent of its DNA in common with the pygmy chimp species ( Pan paniscus).

Recently, molecular data obtained from DNA hybridization suggests that humans, chimpanzees, and gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla) are all very closely genetically related.

Both are mammals and share numerous physiologically similar traits. The author rapidly presents several broad areas of research, which suggest that chimps are the closest living relative to humans. In Chapter 1, the species Homo sapiens (humans) is compared and contrasted to Pan troglodytes (chimpanzees).

The book reveals some extraordinary insights about the nature of human beings. Chapter 1, A Tale of Three Chimps Summary and Analysis In The Third Chimpanzee (1991), Jared Diamond explores the evolution of Homo sapiens, which started out like any other animal and gradually became a unique creature capable of producing speech, making art and inventing technology.

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