The Primate Myth: Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature

Challenging everything we thought we knew, this book takes a revolutionary look at how humans are far less like other primates than we've been led to believe-and uncovers what truly sets us apart.

Humans are primates, much like chimps-or so we've been continually told. Yet recent discoveries show that our species has a different brain design, function, and chemistry; different eating, sleeping, mating, and rearing patterns; a different metabolism; and a different physiology than apes. Nor is...