The Third Chimpanzee
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The Third Chimpanzee is a popular science book by Jared Diamond that explores human evolution and behavior by comparing Homo sapiens to our closest primate relatives.
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| The Third Chimpanzee canonical | 2 |
| The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book about human evolution
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non-fiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| author | Jared Diamond ⓘ |
| centralThesis | Humans are a third species of chimpanzee closely related to common chimpanzees and bonobos ⓘ |
| compares |
Homo sapiens
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bonobos ⓘ chimpanzees ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
causes of human self-destructive behavior
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evolution of human agriculture ⓘ evolution of human art ⓘ evolution of human language ⓘ evolution of human sexuality ⓘ evolution of human societies ⓘ |
| explores |
differences between humans and other primates
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similarities between humans and other primates ⓘ |
| followedBy | Guns, Germs, and Steel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Third Chimpanzee
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surface form:
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
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| hasGenre |
evolutionary psychology literature
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science writing ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
continuity between humans and other animals
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evolutionary origins of human culture ⓘ long-term survival of human civilization ⓘ |
| influenced | public understanding of human evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing ideas about human evolution for a general audience ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| structure | collection of thematically linked chapters ⓘ |
| subject |
anthropology
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art and culture ⓘ comparative primatology ⓘ environmental destruction ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ genocide ⓘ human behavior ⓘ human evolution ⓘ human uniqueness ⓘ language evolution ⓘ sexual selection ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readers ⓘ |
| usesMethod | comparative analysis of humans and other primates ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
environmental degradation caused by humans
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risk of human self-extinction ⓘ |
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
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Jared Diamond