Guns, Germs, and Steel – Revisiting a Classic

In 1997, biologist Jared Diamond wrote a nonfiction book that won numerous awards and became a classic reference on the evolution of human civilizations. Does it deserve all the accolades? Or did ideology influence Diamond’s conclusions?
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