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What it means to be 98% chimpanzee : apes, people, and their genes / Jonathan Marks.
Penn Museum Library GN280.7 .M37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marks, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Animal nature.
- Human beings.
- Human genetics.
- Human molecular genetics.
- Human evolution.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- What it means to be ninety-eight percent chimpanzee
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- A well-known molecular anthropologist uses the human-versus-ape controversy as a jumping-off point for a radical reassessment of a range of provocative issues, from the role of science in society to racism, animal rights, and cloning. 5 photos & 2 line illustrations.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Molecular anthropology
- The ape in you
- How people differ from one another
- The meaning of human variation
- Behavioral genetics
- Folk heredity
- Human nature
- Human rights ... for apes?
- A human gene museum?
- Identity and descent
- Is blood really so damn thick?
- Science, religion, and worldview.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520226151
- OCLC:
- 48435393
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