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Jared Diamond quotes: Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.

Jared Diamond quotes: Technology has to be invented or adopted.

Technology has to be invented or adopted.

Jared Diamond quotes: Why you white man have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little? (asked Yali)

Why you white man have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little? (asked Yali)

Jared Diamond quotes: Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened.

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened.

Jared Diamond quotes: Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written

Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written

Jared Diamond quotes: He waited until 1896 to build the first truck.

He waited until 1896 to build the first truck.

Jared Diamond quotes: Yes, world history is indeed such an onion!

Yes, world history is indeed such an onion!

Jared Diamond quotes: Sex is flagrantly separated from reproduction in a few species, including bonobos and dolphins.

Sex is flagrantly separated from reproduction in a few species, including bonobos and dolphins.

Jared Diamond quotes: big-bang reproduction, or semelparity: a single reproductive effort, followed by preprogrammed death.

big-bang reproduction, or semelparity: a single reproductive effort, followed by preprogrammed death.

Jared Diamond quotes: Sex in social mammals is generally carried out in public, before the gazes of other members of the troop.

Sex in social mammals is generally carried out in public, before the gazes of other members of the troop.

Jared Diamond quotes: All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

Jared Diamond quotes: History as well as life itself is complicated neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

History as well as life itself is complicated
neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

Jared Diamond quotes: But receive much less social support from friendships

But receive much less social support from friendships

Jared Diamond quotes: Australia is the most isolated continent.

Australia is the most isolated continent.

Jared Diamond quotes: In parts of Montana, salt concentrations in soil water, have reached those double those of seawater.

In parts of Montana, salt concentrations in soil water, have reached those double those of seawater.

Jared Diamond quotes: What did the last Easter Islander say as he chopped down the last tree? The Easter Islanders didnt have anthropologists.

What did the last Easter Islander say as he chopped down the last tree? The Easter Islanders didnt have anthropologists.

Jared Diamond quotes: I personally am not conscious of my accent.

I personally am not conscious of my accent.

Jared Diamond quotes: Proposed as appropriate compensation. This reminds me

Proposed as appropriate compensation. This reminds me

Jared Diamond quotes: Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human.

Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human.

Jared Diamond quotes: We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

Jared Diamond quotes: Europeans have never learned to survive in Australia or New Guinea without their inherited Eurasian technology.

Europeans have never learned to survive in Australia or New Guinea without their inherited Eurasian technology.

Jared Diamond quotes: or just inventing a new letter (as our medieval ancestors did when they created the new letters j, u, and w).

or just inventing a new letter (as our medieval ancestors did when they created the new letters j, u, and w).

Jared Diamond quotes: A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves.

A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves.

Jared Diamond quotes: Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.

Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.

Jared Diamond quotes: My own health legacy of New Guinea has been a year of malaria and a year of dysentery.

My own health legacy of New Guinea has been a year of malaria and a year of dysentery.

Jared Diamond quotes: Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference. So,

Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference. So,

Jared Diamond quotes: Recreational sex is thus supposed to function as the glue holding a human couple together while they cooperate in rearing their helpless baby.

Recreational sex is thus supposed to function as the glue holding a human couple together while they cooperate in rearing their helpless baby.

Jared Diamond quotes: Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?

Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?

Jared Diamond quotes: Each year, the United States issues about 70,000 patents, only a few of which ultimately reach the stage of commercial production.

Each year, the United States issues about 70,000 patents, only a few of which ultimately reach the stage of commercial production.

Jared Diamond quotes: Who today remembers that gasoline, the fuel of modern civilization, originated as yet another invention in search of a use?

Who today remembers that gasoline, the fuel of modern civilization, originated as yet another invention in search of a use?

Jared Diamond quotes: 1,000 out of the world's 6,000 languages, crammed into an area only slightly larger than that of Texas,

1,000 out of the world's 6,000 languages, crammed into an area only slightly larger than that of Texas,

Jared Diamond quotes: In the latter case it is often government that organizes the conquest, and religion that justifies it.

In the latter case it is often government that organizes the conquest, and religion that justifies it.

Jared Diamond quotes: Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home.

Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home.

Jared Diamond quotes: The King's 28 letters have been described by scholars as the world's best alphabet and the most scientific system of writing.

The King's 28 letters have been described by scholars as the world's best alphabet and the most scientific system of writing.

Jared Diamond quotes: The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss.

The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss.

Jared Diamond quotes: Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years?

Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years?

Jared Diamond quotes: Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

Jared Diamond quotes: Lima beans, watermelons, potatoes, eggplants, and cabbages are among the many other familiar crops whose wild ancestors were bitter or poisonous, and

Lima beans, watermelons, potatoes, eggplants, and cabbages are among the many other familiar crops whose wild ancestors were bitter or poisonous, and

Jared Diamond quotes: Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique.

Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique.

Jared Diamond quotes: Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.

Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.

Jared Diamond quotes: half of its carbon 14 content decays into nitrogen 14 every 5,700 years, until

half of its carbon 14 content decays into nitrogen 14 every 5,700 years, until

Jared Diamond quotes: African cavalry mounted on rhinos or hippos would have made mincemeat of European cavalry mounted on horses. But it couldnt happen.

African cavalry mounted on rhinos or hippos would have made mincemeat of European cavalry mounted on horses. But it couldnt happen.

Jared Diamond quotes: I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

Jared Diamond quotes: Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it.

Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it.