| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Illustration List; List of Abbreviations; 1 From Distant Cousins to Close Family; 2 The Language Gene That Wasn't; 3 Brain-builders; 4 The Riddle of the 1.6%; 5 Less is More; 6 More Is Better; 7 Aladdin's Cave; 8 Povinelli's Gauntlet; 9 Clever Corvids; 10 Inside The Brain -- The Devil is in the Detail; 11 The Ape That Domesticated Itself; 12 Chimps Aren't Us; Glossary; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A mere hair's breadth genetically! To a rather older tradition of anthropomorphizing chimps, trying to get them to speak, dressing them up for 'tea parties', was added the stamp of genetic confirmation. It |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-333) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Human genetics -- Popular works
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Human evolution -- Popular works
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Animal behavior -- Popular works
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DNA -- Popular works
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Molecular evolution.
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Genetic Phenomena
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Behavior, Animal -- physiology
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Evolution, Molecular
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Humans -- genetics
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Pan troglodytes -- genetics
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Animal behavior
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DNA
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Human evolution
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Human genetics
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Evolution (biologi)
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Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009013846 |
| ISBN |
9780191567353 |
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0191567353 |
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