The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? /
By: Diamond, Jared M [author.]
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Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2013Description: xi, 499 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits ; 20 cm.Content type: text | still image | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780141024486 (paperback); 9780141024486:; 0141024488 (paperback).Subject(s): Dani (New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs | Social change | Science and civilization | Social change -- Papua New Guinea | Tribes -- Papua New Guinea | Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs | Anthropology | Social history | Social structure | Technology and civilization | Dani (New Guinean people) -- History | Social evolution | Papua New Guinea -- Civilization | Civilization | Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 305.8 Summary: Jared Diamond reveals how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature. He writes about his experiences over nearly five decades working and living in New Guinea, an island that is home to 1000 of the world's 7000 languages and one of the most culturally diverse places on Earth.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jared Diamond reveals how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature. He writes about his experiences over nearly five decades working and living in New Guinea, an island that is home to 1000 of the world's 7000 languages and one of the most culturally diverse places on Earth.