The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond

Jared obtained his PhD in physiology. He is good at illustrating history and anthropology from the scientific point of view.

Part 1

1. Evolution from Apes to Human (从猿到人)
灵长类(primate)
 猴(有尾巴)
 猿(没有尾巴)
  长臂猿(gibbon)
  印尼红猩猩(orangutan)
  大猩猩(gorilla)
  黑猩猩(chimpanzee)
     普通黑猩猩(common chimpanzee)
     倭黑猩猩(pygmy chimpanzee)
 人(7百万年前)

2. Evolution of Human
南方古猿(A. africanus)
能人(Homo habilis)
直立人(Homo erectus): 北京人, 爪哇人
智人(Homo sapiens )
非洲现代人(modern human): 10万年前

Part 2 Human Life: sexual selection, aging and death.  

Part 3 Culture: language, art, agriculture, chemical abuse

Part 4 War and Homicide
14. 欧洲人征服美洲
15. 印欧语扩张
16. 塔斯马尼亚人灭绝

Part 5 Species Extinction by Human Behavior
17. 工业革命前物种灭绝
  新西兰: 毛利人灭绝恐鸟(moa),巨鹰(Haast's Eagle)
马达加斯加: 象鸟(elephant bird), giant land tortoise

象鸟(蛋和人头一样大)  恐鸟

18. 美洲新大陆物种灭绝
  印第安人灭绝: mammoth,  ground sloth,  glyptodon

大树懒

大犰狳