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Jared Diamond



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 Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality

Why do we differ so radically in these and other important aspects of our sexuality from our closest ancestor, the apes? Why does the human female, virtually alone among mammals, go through menopause? Why does the human male stand out as one of the few mammals to stay with the female he...

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Jared Diamond
1998
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

This is Jared Diamond’s most personal book to date, as he draws extensively from his decades of field work in the Pacific islands, as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San people, and others.

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Jared Diamond
2013
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The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond | Talks at Google

We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees.

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Jared Diamond
2014
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Revised Edition)

Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe, and weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives.

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Jared Diamond
2011
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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
1987
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Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond is the author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" and the current New York Times' best selling "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." This lecture examines the factors that caused great civilizations of the past to collapse and what we can learn from their fates.

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Jared Diamond
2008
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees.

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Jared Diamond
2006
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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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2019
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Jared Diamond - What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond takes you on an epic journey into our rapidly receding past, opening a window on tribal societies and how they can provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature.

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Jared Diamond
2014
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Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face.

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Jared Diamond
2020
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