... is these four important differences that led to the superiority of mainly the European culture over the rest of the world, but he does not lay this out until the epilogue of the book. It is much more subtle in the chapters that these are the major points that he is iterating. He begins by discussing the anatomy and migration patterns of the earliest humans on earth, and then moves ... on to the extinction of the Australian/ New Guinean animals. Although it is not apparent in the initial glimpse at the chapter, Diamond is setting up the reader for his theory ... his theories, which is ac...

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