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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| instanceOf |
book about human evolution
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non-fiction book → popular science book → |
| author |
Jared Diamond
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| centralThesis |
Humans are a third species of chimpanzee closely related to common chimpanzees and bonobos
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| compares |
Homo sapiens
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bonobos → chimpanzees → |
| countryOfOrigin |
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
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| hasAlternativeTitle |
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
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| notableFor |
popularizing ideas about human evolution for a general audience
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| publicationYear |
1991
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| publisher |
HarperCollins
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| structure |
collection of thematically linked chapters
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| 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
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| usesMethod |
comparative analysis of humans and other primates
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| warnsAbout |
environmental degradation caused by humans
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risk of human self-extinction → |
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Jared Diamond
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Jared Diamond → |
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The Third Chimpanzee
("The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee")
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