Jared Diamond
The Third Chimpanzee for Young People
On the Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
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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?N…
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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?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 we're in.
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Weitere Autoren: Stefoff, Rebecca
- ISBN: 978-1-78074-748-4
- EAN: 9781780747484
- Produktnummer: 18043454
- Verlag: Oneworld Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 370 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D3.2 cm 359 g
- Abbildungen: b/w illustrations
- Gewicht: 359
- Sonstiges: Ab 12 J.
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