Third Chimpanzee

<p><strong>Wonderful....Jared Diamond conducts his fascinating study of our behavior and origins with a naturalist's eye and a philosopher's cunning. </strong><strong>--Diane Ackerman author of <em>A Natural History of the Senses</em></strong></p><p>In this fascinating provocative passionate funny endlessly entertaining work renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scientist Jared Diamond author of <em>Gun Germs and Steel</em> 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.</p> <p>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? </p><p><em>The Third Chimpanzee</em> is a tour de force an iconoclastic compelling sometimes alarming look at the unique and marvelous creature that is the human animal.</p>