SOCECOL E8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jared Diamond, Christopher Ehret, Deeper Understanding

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Social Ecology
• Course: SOCECOL E8
• Professor: John M.Whiteley

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For one answer to that question, the class will examine the thesis of guns, germs, and steel by. Jared diamond as presented in his book of that title, which earned the pulitzer prize, and the. National geographic society dvd of the same title. Professor diamond explores the linkage between geography, technology, and global human development. Luca cavalli-sforza, professor of genetics at stanford university, noted that the question, Why did human societies have such diverse fates?" has usually received racist answers. jared. Diamond convincingly demonstrates that head starts and local conditions can explain much of the course of human history. Pellegrino university professor at harvard university, said jared diamond shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition. Diamond indicates that the motivating question for the book is why did history unfold differently on different continents? . Those historical inequalities have cast long shadows on the modern world (13)