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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2014 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 9 Up—Adapted for younger audiences by the redoubtable Stefoff but not significantly different in scope, arguments, or, for that matter, reading level from Diamond's original (Harper, 1992, 2006), this wide-ranging study of what makes us human offers provocative views of evolution, adaptation, cultural diffusion, sexuality, genocide, race, mass extinctions of the past and present, the roots of drug abus...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Adapted from his adult book, <i>The Third Chimpanzee</i>, Diamond takes a sweeping look at human differentiation from other animals from the pers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More