More than 98 percent of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys out life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both towards ourselves and the planet to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins.

Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofGuns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one ofTIMEs best non-fiction books of all time, the number one international bestsellerCollapseand most recentlyThe World UntilYesterday. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamonds work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.

How our animal heritage affects the way we live