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Not a chimp : the hunt to find the genes that make us human / Jeremy Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Jeremy, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human genetics--Popular works.
- Human genetics.
- Human evolution--Popular works.
- Human evolution.
- Animal behavior--Popular works.
- Animal behavior.
- DNA--Popular works.
- DNA.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text brings together cutting-edge research in genetics, animal behaviour, and other fields. It argues against the common, romantic conception that chimps are like us.
- Contents:
- From distant cousins to close family
- The language gene that wasn't
- Brain builders
- The riddle of the 1.6%
- Less is more
- More is better
- Aladdin's cave
- Povinelli's gauntlet
- Clever corvids
- Inside the brain : the devil is in the detail
- The ape that domesticated itself
- Chimps aren't us.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [316]-333) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03617-9
- 0-19-156735-3
- OCLC:
- 475866352
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