The third chimpanzee for young people : on the evolution and future of the human animal / Jared Diamond ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.

By: Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, Triangle Square books for young readers, [2014]Edition: A Seven Stories Press 1st edDescription: xiii, 370 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9781609805227Other title: 3rd chimpanzee for young peopleRelated works: Adapted from: Diamond, Jared M. Third chimpanzeeSubject(s): Human evolution -- Juvenile literature | Social evolution -- Juvenile literature | Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Juvenile literature | Evolution | Social evolution | Nature -- Effect of human beings onDDC classification: 599.93/8 LOC classification: GN281 | .S785 2014
Contents:
A tale of three chimps -- The great leap forward -- Human sexuality -- The origin of human races -- Why do we grow old and die? -- 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 -- The last first contacts -- Accidental conquerors -- In black and white -- The golden age that never was -- Blitzkrieg and thanksgiving in the new world -- The second cloud -- Afterword : nothing learned, everything forgotten?
Summary: Reflects on the puzzle of human evolution, on where we came from and where we may be heading.
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Adapted from Jared Diamond's The third chimpanzee.

Includes index.

A tale of three chimps -- The great leap forward -- Human sexuality -- The origin of human races -- Why do we grow old and die? -- 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 -- The last first contacts -- Accidental conquerors -- In black and white -- The golden age that never was -- Blitzkrieg and thanksgiving in the new world -- The second cloud -- Afterword : nothing learned, everything forgotten?

School Library Journal, May 2014

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2014

Reflects on the puzzle of human evolution, on where we came from and where we may be heading.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.

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