Diamond, Jared M. <br/><br/>
Guns, germs, and steel :  the fates of human societies / 
Jared Diamond. 
 - 494 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "With a new afterword about the modern world."--Cover.  Includes "Reading group guide."--Page [495-496]. 
<br/><br/> This book traces the development of primitive societies, showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393317552 9780393317558 0393038912 9780393038910 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social evolution.<br/>Civilization--History.<br/>Ethnology.<br/>Human beings--Effect of environment on.<br/>Culture diffusion.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM856  / .D48 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4 DIA