Humanimal: How Homo Sapiens Became Nature's Most Paradoxical Creature - A New Evolutionary History

by Adam Rutherford

Book Overview

Publisher's note: Humanimal was published in the UK under the title The Book of Humans.

Evolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we?

In this original and entertaining tour of life on Earth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1615195319
• ISBN13: 9781615195312
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Experiment
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"