Chip Walter's Blog: Childhood Is Why We Are the Last Ape Standing - Posts Tagged "last-ape-standing"

I'm relatively new to Goodreads, but happy to be on board! My first order of business is to thank the nearly 1000 people who entered the contest to win a preprint of my next book Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived. I'm very grateful!

Even if you didn't win, I hope you will seek the book out, give it a read and let me know what you think. I'm always looking for ways to improve, and always looking to discuss the fascinating question of how we came to be the remarkable creatures we are.

Check back here in the future for blog posts of all kinds (not just those that promote my writing :-). And please check out a site I launched three years ago which you may find interesting if you're as fascinated with human nature and behavior as I am: http://www.AllThingsHuman.net.

To see what others like Ray Kurzweil, William Shatner, Michael Keaton and Donald Johanson are saying about Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived (due out January 29, 2013), please visit http://www.chipwalter.com.

Landed in London a few days ago and arrived in Oxford England today as I continue my assignment for National Geographic magazine, a result of work I did on my book Last Ape Standing published in January. Been on the road nearly three weeks, but the experience and work has been endlessly fascinating.

I'm behind because bandwidth in Africa was pretty thin, but please visit www.chipwalter.com/blog for updates from Africa, with more to come.

Back on this side of the Atlantic for the coming week before heading off to Germany. I am not sure if anyone has found this blog, but if so, let me know. Drop me a note.

Also to stay up with my dispatches from Africa and England for my National Geographic assignment, please visit www.chipwalter.com/blog. I will be posting some pictures from Africa, London and Oxford as well.

Thanks to all of you who have putLast Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived on your to read list, or better yet, I've actually read the book and taken the time to review it here on good reads. Those of you who have, have been very kind and for that I am deeply grateful.

Stay tuned as well for some giveaways. Will be arranging giveaways of signed hardbacks of Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived and Thumbs, Toes, and Tears: And Other Traits That Make Us Human here on good reads.com. More soon!

To the nearly 1000 people so far who have entered to win a signed, first edition of Last Ape Standing. Appreciate your interest and support!

Just a quick update. It's been a couple of good weeks among several good months for Last Ape Standing. On May 5th, the New York Times Book Review (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/boo...) gave Last Ape a wonderful review, and then shortly afterwards it was chosen one of the featured books for the prestigious Chautauqua Institution's summer program.

I'll be speaking at Chautauqua this June 27th so if you're in the neighborhood, please swing by and say hello.

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