紀錄類型: |
書目-語言資料,印刷品
: Monograph/item
|
杜威分類號: |
573.2 |
書名/作者: |
The third chimpanzee : : the evolution and future of the human animal // Jared Diamond. |
作者: |
Diamond, Jared M. |
出版者: |
New York : : HarperPerennial,, 2006. |
面頁冊數: |
viii, 407, 16 p. : : ill., maps ;; 21 cm. |
標題: |
Human evolution. |
標題: |
Social evolution. |
標題: |
Nature - Effect of human beings on. |
ISBN: |
9780060845506 (pbk.) : |
ISBN: |
0060845503 (pbk.) |
書目註: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-391) and index. |
內容註: |
Prologue -- pt. 1. Just another species of big mammal -- 1. A tale of three chimps -- 2. The great leap forward -- pt. 2. An animal with a strange life cycle -- 3. The evolution of human sexuality -- 4. The science of adultery -- 5. How we pick our mates and sex partners -- 6. Sexual selection, and the origin of human races -- 7. Why do we grow old and die? -- pt. 3. Uniquely human -- 8. Bridges to human language -- 9. Animal origins of art -- 10. Agriculture's mixed blessings -- 11. Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? -- 12. Alone in a crowded universe -- pt. 4. World conquerors -- 13. The last first contacts - 14. Accidental conquerors -- 15. Horses, Hittites, and history -- 16. In black and white -- pt. 5. Reversing our progress overnight -- 17. The golden age that never was -- 18. Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World -- 19. The second cloud -- Epilogue : nothing learned and everything forgotten? -- Acknowledgments -- Further readings -- Index. |
摘要、提要註: |
A renowned scientist examines the less than two percent of human genes that distinguish us from chimpanzees and that link human behaviors--such as genocide, drug addiction, and the extermination of other species--to our animal predecessors. |