Guns, Germs and Steel

Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)

Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.

Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both literal and conceptual on every continent since the Ice Age, and examines societal advances such as writing, religion, government, and technology. Diamond also dissects racial theories of global history, and the resulting work—Guns, Germs and Steel—is a major contribution to our understanding the evolution of human societies.

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“Why, within Eurasia, were European societies, rather than those of the Fertile Crescent or China or India, the ones that colonized America and Australia, took the lead in technology, and became politically and economically dominant in the modern world?”

Guns, Germs And Steel • Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)

“ Thanks to the achievements of East Asia's first farmers, China became Chinese. ”

Guns, Germs And Steel • Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)

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