TY  - BOOK
AU  - Diamond,Jared M.
TI  - Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies 
SN  - 0393317552
AV  - HM856 .D48 2003
U1  - 303.4 DIA 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Social evolution
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Human beings
KW  - Effect of environment on
KW  - Culture diffusion
N1  - "With a new afterword about the modern world."--Cover; Includes "Reading group guide."--Page [495-496]
N2  - 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
ER  -