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Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, anthropologist, ornithologist, and author best known for his popular science books on a wide variety of topics. Originally trained in biochemistry and physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a large swath of fields, including anthropology, ecology, history, geography, socio/political movements and evolutionary biology, often interwoven with a psychological lens.

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Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Different Continents for the Last 13,000 Years?

The biggest question that Jared Diamond is asking himself is how to turn the study of history into a science.

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In Conversation with Jared Diamond: “Traditional Societies Are Not Frozen Models of the Past”

The traditional societies that we see today are not frozen models of the past, on the one hand. On the other hand, they’re not irrelevant to the past because they are still small-scale societies. - Jared Diamond

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The Worst Mistake in History

Hunter-gatherers practiced the most successful and longest-lasting life style in human history. In contrast, we're still struggling with the mess into which agriculture has tumbled us, and it's unclear whether we can solve it. - Jared Diamond

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Jared Diamond: So How Do States Recover from Crises? Same Way as People Do

The bestselling environmental historian tells why his latest book, Upheaval, about how countries come through turmoil, is his most political

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Jared Diamond: “Humans, 150,000 Years Ago, Wouldn’t Figure on a List of the Five Most Interesting Species on Earth”

Most people would be overjoyed to receive one of the MacArthur Foundation’s annual “genius grants”—around half a million dollars, no strings attached—but when Jared Diamond won his, in 1985, it plunged him into a depression.

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