Not a Chimp The hunt to find the genes that make us human
(Sprache: Englisch)
Are chimps almost human? Are we just smarter chimps? What does that oft-quoted 1.6% difference in DNA actually mean? As teams worldwide seek the genetic basis of our humanity, a complex picture is emerging. Small changes in key genes can cause big ones in...
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Are chimps almost human? Are we just smarter chimps? What does that oft-quoted 1.6% difference in DNA actually mean? As teams worldwide seek the genetic basis of our humanity, a complex picture is emerging. Small changes in key genes can cause big ones in brains, bodies and behaviour. We've changed profoundly since the chimp-human split.
Autoren-Porträt von Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor is a science documentary film producer and director who has spent a large proportion of his professional career in the Science Department of BBC Television. Between 1981 and 1991 he spent much of his time on the BBC's flag-ship science television series HORIZON, for whom he made over a dozen one-hour films. Since 1991, as a free-lance television producer, he has been a regular contributor to science on Channel 4 in the UK, and, through them, Discovery Channel and National Geographic Television. He has also worked briefly in the United States where he produced and directed a film for WGBH-TV Boston, for the "Nova" PBS series, called "The Strange Science Of Chaos". He has won several top industry awards for his film-making. This is his first book.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jeremy Taylor
- 2010, 184 Seiten, 61 farbige Abbildungen, 22 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 12,7 x 19,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199227799
- ISBN-13: 9780199227792
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Englisch
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A Library Journal Sci-Tech Book of the Year, 2010
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