![]() ![]() 2) Part 2 ? A animal with a strange life cycle. The book is structured as follows: 1) Part 1 ? Just another big species of mammal. ![]() This can be seen as the starting point of a lot of issues that he raises with ethics as the thin line that motivates each of his subject matter discussions. They should according to him be classified under the homo genus. He proposes an intriguing idea, namely, that the two chimpanzee species are genetically nearer to humans than to other apes. He describes what makes us genetically different and where we fit into the evolutionary chain. Diamond begins with the story of the evolution of humans. The reason I highlight the above-mentioned point, is that there might be quite a few things that he says, especially predictions that he makes that are already dated and might feel very dark and pessimistic, while he really tries to advocate a positive approach to the future of homo sapiens on this planet. I only understood his pessimism after I realised that in 1992 things really looked bleak in South Africa. One thing I found very peculiar when I listened to the book, was his side-line comment that South Africa is one of the countries that runs the real risk of genocide. Jared Diamond might have changed his mind on some things he wrote in the book. It is important to take note of this fact as even prof. The Third Chimpanzee was first published in 1992 although the audio version dates 10 years after publication. ![]()
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