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To: carranza2 who wrote (53405)8/10/2009 3:22:22 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (2) of 217977
 
Refutes the idea of the Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral, or inherent genetic superiority.

Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate in environmental differences, which are amplified by various positive feedback loops, and that even when cultural or genetic differences have favored Eurasians (for example Chinese centralized government, or improved disease resistance among Eurasians), these advantages were only created due to the influence of geography and are not inherent in the Eurasian genome.

Man, it is tough to be the only cultured guy down here!


Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at UCLA.
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