99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up

by Jonathan Silvertown, Monica Grady, Daniel Nettle, et al.

In his lifetime, Charles Darwin was roundly mocked for suggesting that humans were descended from apes, and even in our own day, the teaching of evolution remains controversial. But in the century and a half since the publication of On the Origin of Species , our increasingly sophisticated understanding of genetics has borne out Darwin's theory: humans share 99% of their genes with chimps (and many even with grapes ). 99% Ape offers an accessible,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226757781
• ISBN13: 9780226757780
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 10.0"