Jared Diamond

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

Expanded version of Third Chimpanzee examining human nature and civilization

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Jared Diamond
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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