Guns, germs, and steel / Diamond, Jared M

Examines the environmental factors that contributed to the history of human life. Discusses the development of human societies on different continents and how they were affected by domestication of wild plants and animals. Reviews localized origins of farming, herding, and food production.

Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development.

Examines the environmental factors that contributed to the history of human life. Discusses the development of human societies on different continents and how they were affected by domestication of wild plants and animals. Reviews localized origins of farming, herding, and food production.

Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.

Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.