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Review: Not a Chimp by Jeremy Taylor

By Ewen Callaway

12 August 2009

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More than just DNA separates us from our evolutionary cousins (Image: Plush Studio/Getty

AFTER a in February, police wanted an explanation. Perhaps the ape didn’t recognise the victim – who he knew well – because of a new haircut. Maybe Lyme disease or an anti-anxiety drug sparked the attack.

What else could explain such savage behaviour from a creature who shared 98.4 per cent of his DNA – and the odd glass of wine – with his human keepers?

Nonsense, argues in his takedown of such anthropomorphic attitudes. In this book, his…

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