'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe?

In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Diamond is also the author of Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions a...

Read this specially designed new edition of Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer-prize winning exploration of what makes us human. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe?

What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? This book deals with these questions.

Waarom hebben de Australische aboriginals niet de wereld veroverd? Of de Mexicaanse indianen of de Amerikaanse nomaden? Wat is bepalend voor de ontwikkeling van volkeren? Zijn dat genetische verschillen of spelen andere oorzaken een rol?

Jared Diamond toont op toegankelijke wijze aan dat volkeren zich verschillend hebben ontwikkeld als gevolg van klimatologische en bacteriologische factoren. Genetische factoren blijken ondergeschikt. De ontwikkelde delen van de wereld hebben hun positie niet ...