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The Third Chimpanzee Author: Jared Diamond

ISBN: 9781780746043 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 384 Published: 1 November 2014 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 14.0 x 3.5 Description: Pulitzer Prize winning Jared Diamond's first foray into nonfiction for young readers is both an explosive indictment of human nature and a hopeful plea for human survival

At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behaviour that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles, spacecraft and nuclear weapons - all within a heartbeat of evolutionary time. Now, faced with the threat of nuclear weapons and the effects of climate change, it seems our innate tendencies for violence and invention have led us to a crucial tipping point. Where did these traits come from? Are they part of our species' immutable destiny? Or is there hope for our species' future if we change?

About the Author

Jared Diamond is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. A professor of geography at UCLA, he has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is a MacArthur Fellow and was awarded the National Medal of Scie...

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