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Diamonds guns germs and steel is an amazing book but it never tells you why western europe went ahead of eastern europe or the middle east for example

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All anthropologists know about kinship but only an interdisciplinary scientist like henrich can see the huge implications

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Well written packed with interesting new information with the explanatory power and impact beyond any book written since charles darwins the origin of species

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Watch out the ebook version shrinks down maps and figures to the point where they are almost illegible even after you click on them they are so tiny you can hardly make them out

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A real disservice to the readers

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He persuasively demonstrates that these subjects are very unrepresentative of humanity generally being what he terms weird westernized educated industrialized rich and democratic the polity not the party

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By his account the catholic church dramatically changed human folkways from their tribal baseline by outlawing plural marriages and kin marriages in favor of lifelong monogamy with nonkin

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It also explains why differences between global cultures make it very difficult to attempt to implant westerns mores and solutions on others – and sometimes on those already living in these western cultures