Not a Chimp: The hunt to find the genes that make us human. - Taylor, Jeremy.
the hunt to find the genes that make us human
KORTE INHOUD
It is one of the best-known pieces of scientific trivia--that human DNA and chimpanzee DNA differ by a mere 1.6%. But are we then just chimps with a few genetic tweaks? Are our language and our technology just an extension of the grunts and ant-collecting sticks of chimps?
In Not a Chimp, Jeremy Taylor describes one of the great scientific quests of our times--the effort to discover precisely what makes humans different from other primates, especially our closest evolutionary relative, the chimpanzee. Drawing on state-of-the-art science, Taylor convincingly debunks the assertion that our two species are nearly identical genetically. He sketches the picture now emerging from cutting-edge research in genetics, animal behavior, and other fields to show that the so-called 1.6% difference is effectively much larger, leading to a profound divergence between the two species. Indeed, he explains that the evolution of the human genome has accelerated since the split of chimps and humans from a common ancestor more than...
In Not a Chimp, Jeremy Taylor describes one of the great scientific quests of our times--the effort to discover precisely what makes humans different from other primates, especially our closest evolutionary relative, the chimpanzee. Drawing on state-of-the-art science, Taylor convincingly debunks the assertion that our two species are nearly identical genetically. He sketches the picture now emerging from cutting-edge research in genetics, animal behavior, and other fields to show that the so-called 1.6% difference is effectively much larger, leading to a profound divergence between the two species. Indeed, he explains that the evolution of the human genome has accelerated since the split of chimps and humans from a common ancestor more than...
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2009 Uitgever: Oxford University Press 338 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0199227780 ISBN-13: 9780199227785Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Bound in boards with dustwrapper viii-xi. 338 pp. Light traces of use on dustwrapper. Glossary, endnotes, biliography, illustrationlist, abbreviations index. 22.214.5x3.2 cm. Near fine/In very good condition. [Parcel service]. [Auteur: Taylor, Jeremy] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press: New York, 2009] [Titel: Not a Chimp: The hunt to find the genes that make us human]
