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A fascinating, slightly humbling mirror held up to humanity, revealing the wild animal lurking just beneath our civilized veneer. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Third Chimpanzee.
- intellectual
- expansive
- sobering
- contemplative
- 01
Our Inner Ape
Frans de Waal · 2005
A hopeful, scientifically grounded exploration of the primate heritage that shapes both our darkest impulses and our highest moral capacities.
- 02
The Bonobo and the Atheist
Henry Cabot Lodge (Jr.)
A warm, scientifically grounded exploration that finds the roots of human goodness not in the heavens, but in the earth and our primate cousins.
- 03
Why Is Sex Fun?
Jared M. Diamond · 1998
A witty, eye-opening biological safari into the weirdest mating habits in the animal kingdom: our own.
- 04
Guns, germs, and steel
Jared M. Diamond · 1998
A sweeping, structural lens that reframes the entire history of human civilization through the unforgiving realities of geography and environment.
- 05
The world until yesterday
Jared Diamond
A sweeping, reflective journey that holds up a mirror to modern life by examining the traditional societies we left behind.
- 06
The Ape that Understood the Universe
Steve Stewart-Williams
An expansive, intellectually stimulating exploration of how a biological primate developed the capacity to ponder its own existence.
- 07
In the shadow of man
Lawick-Goodall, Jane · 1971
An immersive blend of scientific discovery and personal adventure that bridges the gap between humanity and the wild.
- 08
The secret of our success
Joseph Patrick Henrich
A paradigm-shifting exploration that dismantles the myth of the lone genius to reveal the true superpower of our species: our collective brain.
- 09
Catching fire
Richard Wrangham · 2009
A paradigm-shifting exploration of how the simple act of cooking transformed our ancestors into modern humans.
- 10
The Red Queen
Matt Ridley · 1993
A provocative, paradigm-shifting dive into the biological imperatives that secretly pull the strings of human desire and behavior.
- 11
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
A sweeping, paradigm-shifting journey that reveals the everyday structures of human life as nothing more than powerful, shared fictions.
- 12
Before the dawn
Nicholas Wade · 2006
An expansive, science-driven journey into the deep past that decodes the genetic breadcrumbs of our earliest ancestors.
