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Guns, germs and steel: The fates of human societies / Diamond, Jared 1999  Book
Diamond, Jared Book
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Publication New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
Description 498pOrange spine
Summary/Abstract Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this groundbreaking book, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns. Here, at last, is a world history that really is a history of all the world's peoples, a unified narrative of human life even more intriguing and important than accounts of dinosaurs and glaciers. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world, and its inequalities, came to be. It is a work rich in dramatic revelations that will fascinate readers even as it challenges conventional wisdom.
Standard Number 9780393317558 Pb.
Key Words History  ;  Ethnology  ;  IBDP  ;  TOK  ;  Social evolution 
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Third chimpanzee (for young people): On the evolution and future of the human animal / Diamond, Jared 2015  Book
Diamond, Jared Book
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Publication London, Rock the boat, 2015.
Description xiii, 370pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract Presents a mind-boggling survey of how, in a remarkably short period of time, human beings have developed some unique skills and behaviours.
Contents What makes us human? Just another big mammal - A tale of three chimps The great leap forward A strange life cycle - Human sexuality The origin of human races Why do we grow old and die? Uniquely human - The mystery of language Animal origins of art Agriculture, for better and worse - Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? Alone in a crowded universe World conquerors - The last first contacts Accidental conquerors In black and white Reversing our progress overnight - The golden age that never was Blitzkrieg and thanksgiving in the new world The second cloud Afterword Nothing learned, everything forgotten?
Standard Number 9781780747484 Pb.
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