| Author |
Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- adapter.
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| Publication |
New York : Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, [2014]
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| Edition |
Seven Stories Press first edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Call # |
573.2 D |
| Series |
Young people series
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Young people series.
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| Note |
Adapted from Jared M. Diamond's The third chimpanzee. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Refelects on the puzzle of human revolution, on where we came from and where we may be heading. |
| Contents |
What makes us human? -- Just another big mammal. A tale of three chimps ; The great leap forward -- A strange life cycle. Human sexuality ; The origin of human races ; Why do we grow old and die? -- Uniquely human. The mystery of language ; Animal origins of art ; Agriculture, for better and worse ; Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? ; Alone in a crowded universe -- World conquerors. The last first contacts ; Accidental conquerors ; In black and white -- Reversing our progress overnight. The golden age that never was ; Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the new world ; The second cloud -- Nothing learned, everything forgotten? |
| Subject |
Human evolution -- Juvenile literature.
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Social evolution -- Juvenile literature.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Juvenile literature.
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| Addl. Author |
Diamond, Jared M.
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Diamond, Jared M.
Third chimpanzee.
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| Alt Title |
On the evolution and future of the human animal |
| ISBN |
1609805224 (hbk.) : |
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9781609805227 (hbk.) : |
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