The Third Chimpanzee

The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond explores the evolution of human beings.  Reader’s familiar with other books by Diamond, notably Guns, Germs, and Steel will find some of the concepts he covers very familiar.  He seems to have elaborated on ideas introduced here in subsequent books.  All in all it is a fascinating look at an interesting topic that is aimed at the layman.  Some of the theories covered appear to be dated but as long as the reader keeps that in mind the book is fine.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the story of humans from an evolutionary and biological perspective.