Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate primarily in environmental differences, which are amplified by various positive feedback loops.
The book attempts to explain why Eurasian and North African civilizations have survived and conquered others, while arguing against the idea that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral, or inherent genetic superiority.
A documentary based on the book, and produced by the National Geographic Society, was broadcast on PBS in July 2005. In 1998, it won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (subtitled A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years in Britain) is a 1997 transdisciplinary non-fiction book by Jared Diamond. Many of the thornier sticking points have yet to be resolved.Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human SexualityĬollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed According to reports, negotiators have worked through about five of the 30 major areas that make up NAFTA. The seventh round of negotiations on a new NAFTA deal wrap up in Mexico City on Monday. They have not done what needs to be done. Mexico must do much more on stopping drugs from pouring into the U.S. "Also, Canada must treat our farmers much better. Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum will only come off if new & fair NAFTA agreement is signed," Trump said. Trump tweeted that the two signature US allies could avoid the tariffs, which act as taxes on imports, on steel and aluminum if the two countries agreed to a "new & fair" North American Free Trade Agreement. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested his newly announced taxes on steel and aluminum imports would be used as leverage in trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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