The first chimpanzee
in search of human origins
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Author
Contributions
- Cherfas, Jeremy. - Contributor
Publication
2001 - Penguin, London, England, England
Language
English
Word Count
79,500 words, Guess
Page Count
318 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100140294813
- ISBN-139780140294811
- Goodreads1139828
- LibraryThing432381
- OCLC Control Number45648561
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780140294811
- Open LibraryOL21095539M
Classifications
- DDC599.938
- LCCGN281 .G744 2001
Description
"People and apes share an ancestor. In common parlance, we are descended from the apes. But evidence that we share almost all our DNA with chimpanzees and gorillas has forced a rethink. Not only is our common ancestor much more recent - four million years instead of twenty - but the whole story might be backwards. A four-million-year-old man ape walked upright. So why did apes return to the trees, while humanity strode on? Can a one per cent difference in DNA account for human civilization? John Gribbin and Jeremy Cherfas tell the most compelling detective story in science - the story of where we came from."--Jacket.
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