{"product_id":"the-third-chimpanzee-for-young-people-isbn-9781609806118","title":"The Third Chimpanzee for Young People","description":"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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Third Chimpanzee for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for future generation and the future they’ll help build.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: what makes us human?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003epart one: just another big mammal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e chapter 1: a tale of three chimps \u003cbr\u003echapter 2: the great leap forward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003epart two: a strange life cycle \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e chapter 3: human sexuality \u003cbr\u003echapter 4: the origin of human races \u003cbr\u003echapter 5: why do we grow old and die? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003epart three: uniquely human \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003echapter 6: the mystery of language \u003cbr\u003echapter 7: animal origins of art     \u003cbr\u003echapter 8: agriculture, for better and worse \u003cbr\u003e chapter 9: why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? \u003cbr\u003e chapter 10: alone in a crowded universe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003epart four: world conquerors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e chapter 11: the last first contacts\u003cbr\u003e chapter 12: accidental conquerors\u003cbr\u003echapter 13: in black and white\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003epart five: reversing our progress overnight \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e chapter 14: the golden age that never was \u003cbr\u003e chapter 15: blitzkrieg and thanksgiving in the new world \u003cbr\u003e chapter 16: the second cloud \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterword : nothing learned, everything forgotten? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Photograph and Illustration Credits \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors \u003c\/b\u003e\"This is exactly the kind of book that should be a 'set text' for a reinvigorated science curriculum: engaging, thought-provoking and bang up to the minute. If your teachers aren't recommending books like this – go out and get them anyway.\"\u003cb\u003e —Guy Claxton, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat's the Point of School?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written with great wit and a pleasure to read ... forces one to reflect thoroughly on the puzzle of human evolution, on where we came from and where we may be heading.\" \u003cb\u003e—Frans B. M. de Waal (in praise of the adult edition), \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Plenty of provocative ideas in this grand sweep of evolutionary biology and anthropology: not surprising for this MacArthur 'genius' Award winner, Natural History columnist, and UCLA Medical School physiology professor.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(in praise of the adult edition) \u003c\/b\u003eIn 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, \u003cb\u003eJARED DIAMOND\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies\u003c\/i\u003e was an attempt to answer that question. Diamond is the author of several other books on geography and evolutionary biology, including \u003ci\u003eWhy is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Third Chimpanzee for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book adapted for younger audiences. Diamond lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREBECCA STEFOFF \u003c\/b\u003especializes in writing nonfiction for young readers, with a focus on scientific, historical, and literary subjects. Her adaptations include \u003ci\u003eA Young People’s History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e by Howard Zinn and \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e by Ronald T. Takaki.\u003cb\u003eHow This Book Came to Be \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My own interests and background shaped this book. As a child, I wanted to be a doctor. By my last year in college, that goal had gently changed, and I wanted to become a medical researcher. I trained in physiology, which is the study of how living systems function, from cells to animals. Afterward I went on to teach and do research at the University of California Medical School in Los Angeles.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I had other interests as well. Birdwatching had attracted me since the age of seven, and I had also been lucky to attend a school that let me plunge into languages and history. I did not like the idea of spending the rest of my life on physiology alone. Then I had the chance to spend a summer in the highlands of New Guinea, a large tropical island north of Australia. the purpose of the trip was to measure how successfully birds were nesting. That project collapsed when i was unable to locate even a single bird’s nest in the jungle, but the trip fed my thirst for adventure and birdwatching in one of the wildest remaining parts of the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter that first trip to New Guinea, I developed a second career, focused on birds, evolution, and biogeography. I’ve returned to New Guinea and the neighboring Pacific Islands many times to pursue my bird research. As I saw human activity destroying the forests and birds I loved, I became involved in conservation, helping governments design national parks to protect ecosystems and plant and animal species.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, it was hard to study the evolution and extinction of birds without wanting to understand the evolution and possible extinction of the most interesting species of all, the species that includes you, me, and everyone on earth—Homo sapiens, the modern human. this book was the result. It begins with a look at our origins several million years ago. It ends with some thoughts about our future, and about ways we can learn from our past.","brand":"Triangle Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304236798181,"sku":"NP9781609806118","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609806118.jpg?v=1767741833","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-third-chimpanzee-for-young-people-isbn-9781609806118","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}