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Author Taylor, Jeremy, 1946-

Title Not a chimp : the hunt to find the genes that make us human / Jeremy Taylor.

Publication Info. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 338 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-333) and index.
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.
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Subject Human genetics -- Popular works.
Human genetics.
Genre/Form Popular works.
Subject Human evolution -- Popular works.
Human evolution.
Animal behavior -- Popular works.
Animal behavior.
DNA -- Popular works.
DNA.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Popular works.
Electronic books -- Popular works.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Jeremy,1946- Not a chimp. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199227785 (DLC) 2009013846 (OCoLC)255902908
ISBN 9780191567353 (electronic book)
0191567353 (electronic book)
9780199227785
0199227780