Guns, Germs, and Steel

Name: Guns, Germs, and Steel
Author: Jared Diamond

by Jared Diamond

Why geography and environment shaped civilizations and global inequality

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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.

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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