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The Third Chimpanzee for Young People
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At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles, spacecraft, and nuclear weapons—all within a heartbeat of evolutionary time. Now, faced with the threat of nuclear weapons and the effects of climate change, it seems our innate tendencies for violence and invention have led us to a crucial fork in our road. Where did these traits come from? Are they part of our species immutable destiny? Or is there hope for our species’ future if we change?
With fascinating facts and his unparalleled readability, Diamond intended his book to improve the world that today’s young people will inherit. Triangle Square’s The Third Chimpanzee for Young People is a book for future generation and the future they’ll help build.
With fascinating facts and his unparalleled readability, Diamond intended his book to improve the world that today’s young people will inherit. Triangle Square’s The Third Chimpanzee for Young People is a book for future generation and the future they’ll help build.
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“*This book was a book choice for a college course.
Synopsis:
This adaptation by Rebecca Stefoff of Jared Diamond's book on evolution tailored to young readers explores how the slight difference in human DNA from our closest relatives has allowed us to become the species we are today. Diamond's experiences, research, and insights into the history and pattern of human behavior are illustrated through thought-provoking points and demonstrations of other species in the animal kingdom. This book encourages the rising generations to take a look at what we've achieved and what we are destroying.
Personal Reaction:
I really enjoyed the history, science, and discussion surrounding this topic. I felt it was informative but also pushes young readers to be aware and proactive of how they live on this earth. My only concern is the accuracy of those facts included. The back cover includes a big quote proclaiming, "This is exactly the kind of book that should be a 'set text' for a reinvigorated science curriculum . . ." to which I agree, but it's not hard to believe that schools have dry textbooks because they are more reliable. The spread for Part Two in this book is a photograph of "Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . . ." from the 1900s. The person the author is referring to in the caption died in 1844, so the photograph is actually of Joseph F. Smith, one of the prophets of the religion and Joseph Smith's nephew. With almost the exact same name and position in the religion, it is easy to make that mistake, but it is just as easy to fact-check it and anything else mentioned in the book.
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Evolution
Sexual Selection
Race
Genocide
Languages
Environmentalism”
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“Read with my kiddo. Super interesting”
About Jared Diamond
In addition to teaching geography at UCLA, researching the birds of New Guinea and the Southwest Pacific Islands, and promoting the practice of sustainable environmental policies to leaders around the world, JARED DIAMOND is also the author of bestselling books about evolution and human history. Diamond studied physiology at Harvard and Cambridge, before narrowing his research to the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the gall bladder. It was on a summer trip to New Guinea in 1964, however, that he first began to carefully consider the questions that would intrigue him for the next half-century: why did New Guinea’s extremely intelligent and resourceful indigenous peoples have no writing, chiefs, or steel tools? His Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies was an attempt to answer that question. Diamond is the author of several other books on geography and evolutionary biology, including Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. The Third Chimpanzee for Young People is his first book adapted for younger audiences. Diamond lives in Los Angeles.
REBECCA STEFOFF specializes in writing nonfiction for young readers, with a focus on scientific, historical, and literary subjects. Her adaptations include A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and A Different Mirror for Young People by Ronald T. Takaki.
REBECCA STEFOFF specializes in writing nonfiction for young readers, with a focus on scientific, historical, and literary subjects. Her adaptations include A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and A Different Mirror for Young People by Ronald T. Takaki.
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