Harvard Club of San Francisco Reading Group: The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond
San Francisco (location will be sent a few days before the meeting to those who RSVP)
Free, but RSVP required
Sunday, May 3
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world . . . and the means to irrevocably destroy it.
Bring your thoughts and perspective to a lively discussion.
Registration required by April 30
curte1@earthlink.net 650-279-3359 for questions