The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee : how our animal heritage affects the way we live

Author: Diamond, Jared

Physical anthropology & ethnography

Published on 1 May 1992 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.

From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our 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.