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

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From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel
More 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.

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Format EPUB ● Seiten 368 ● ISBN 9781409001409 ● Verlag Random House ● Erscheinungsjahr 2013 ● herunterladbar 6 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 5861456 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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