Jared Diamond
American evolutionary biologist and anthropologist whose Guns, Germs, and Steel won the Pulitzer Prize by arguing that geographical and environmental factors, not racial superiority, explain why some civilizations conquered others. The Third Chimpanzee and Collapse are also major contributions to popular science.
Works
- Guns, Germs, and SteelWhy geography and environment shaped civilizations and global inequality
- CollapseHistorical analysis of why great civilizations have collapsed due to environmental factors
- The Third ChimpanzeeEssay connecting human evolution to modern species of apes and human nature
- The World Until YesterdayAnthropological study of traditional societies and modern alternatives for living
- Why Is Sex Fun?Biological exploration of reproduction and pleasure across human evolutionary history
- The Rise and Fall of the Third ChimpanzeeExpanded version of Third Chimpanzee examining human nature and civilization