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1	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies more books like this by Jared Diamond A study of the rise of civilization that argues that human development is not based on race or ethnic differences but rather is linked to biological diversity, discussing the evolution of agriculture, technology, writing, political systems, and religious belief. see all copies from £6.46! new only from £10.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed more books like this by Jared Diamond In this fascinating book, Diamond seeks to understand the fates of past societies that collapsed for ecological reasons, combining the most important policy debate of this generation with the romance and mystery of lost worlds. see all copies from £8.32! new only from £10.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition more books like this by Jared Diamond With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller--over 1.5 million copies sold--is now a major PBS special. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes ... see all copies from £14.35! new only from £14.35! \| first editions
4	The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal more books like this by Jared Diamond A provocative look at mankind's evolution from the ape into the complex creature we call human. By standards of other animals, our powerful civilization appears unique. So do many of our behaviors, including our sexual habits and the ways we select mates. Yet in many respects we are merely another species of ape--our genes are more than 98% ... see all copies from £6.23! new only from £8.74! \| first editions
5	Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality more books like this by Jared Diamond Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or yearincluding when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females the only mammals to go through menopause? Why is the human penis so unnecessarily large? Why do we differ so ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £8.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Guns germs and steel : a short history of everybody for the last 13000 years more books like this by Jared M. Diamond This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis ... see all copies from £4.86! new only from £7.19!
7	What Evolution is more books like this by Ernst Mayr, Jared Diamond (Foreword by) Mayr provides as convincing a testament to Darwin's genius as you are likely to find."--New York Times Book Review. At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how our improved ... see all copies from £6.43! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
8	The rise and fall of the third chimpanzee more books like this by Jared M. Diamond More than 98 percent of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys out life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both towards ourselves and the planet to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins. see all copies from £3.77! new only from £7.99! \| first editions
9	Collapse more books like this by Jared Diamond The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" examines the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations. Abridged. 5 CDs. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £11.94!
10	Why Sex is Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality more books like this by Jared Diamond Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why are human females the only mammals to go through menopause? Why is the human penis so unnecessarily large? There is no more knowledgeable authority than the award-winning author of THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE to answer these intriguing questions. Here is a delightfully entertaining and ... see all copies from £6.05! first editions
11	Great Minds of Science more books like this by Dr. Robert T Bakker, PH.D., Robert C Gallo, Jared Diamond LET THE WORLD'S GREATEST SCIENTISTS TAKE YOU TO THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE TODAY. From Astronomy to Viruses, you'll find their narratives full of genius, personal insight and enlightenment. "Great Minds of Science," hosted by Paul Hoffman, is a tribute to mankind's ingenuity and boundless curiosity. see all copies from £6.23! new only from £9.52!
12 view cover	The Birds of Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Ecology, and Biogeography more books like this by Ernst Mayr, Jared Diamond Ernst Mayr is one of the principal architects of the 'neo-Darwinian synthesis', which has been the dominant perspective in 20th century evolutionary biology. Jared Diamond is one of the most wide-ranging minds in biology, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Guns, Germs, and Steel". Mayr and Diamond decided in 1970 to collaborate on an ... see all copies from £26.33! new only from £35.02! \| first editions
13	Eco and Evol Comm C more books like this by Martin L Cody, Jared Diamond In recent times, the science of ecology has been rejuvenated and has moved to a central position in biology. This volume contains eighteen original, major contributions by leaders in the field, all associates of the late Robert MacArthur, whose work has stimulated many of the recent developments in ecology. The intellectual ferment of the field is ... see all copies from £22.04! new only from £59.63! \| first editions
14	Guns, germs and steel : how the inequalities of wealth and power among modern peoples were moulded by prehistory more books like this by Jared M. Diamond This work abandons the conventional distinctions between history and science. Diamond focuses on what ancient people were endowed with in the way of land, animals and plants, and on the confrontations between less and more advanced people to see how this led to today's inequalities. see all copies from £14.89! first editions
15 view cover	Collapse : how societies choose to fail or survive by Jared M. Diamond From groundbreaking writer and thinker, Jared Diamond comes an epic, visionary new book on the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for our future. Why do some societies flourish, while others founder? What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island or to the architects of the ... see all copies from £16.43! new only from £16.43!
16 view cover	Collapse : how societies choose to fail or survive by Jared M. Diamond In Collapse, Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor Wat, the long-abandonded statues of Easter Island, the crumbling Maya pyramids of the Yucatan? All saw their cultures collapse because of environmental crises. And it looks ... see all copies from £13.16!
17	Community Ecology more books like this by Diamond, Case see all copies from £80.37!
18 view cover	Por Que Es Divertido El Sexo?: Por Que Los Amantes Hacen Lo Que Hacen: Un Estudio de La Evolucion de La Sexualidad Humana more books like this by Jared Diamond No hay una autoridad mas preparada y competente que Jared Diamond, reconocido experto en el campo de la fisiologia, para responder a estas y otras inquietantes preguntas. Con su amena y fascinante experiencia cientifica, Diamond analiza la desconcertante evolucion que ha configurado la sexualidad de los seres humanos, tan diferente al resto de ... see all copies from £11.37!
19	Avifauna of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea more books like this by Jared Diamond see all copies from £18.02! new only from £18.02!
20	Kollaps by Jared Diamond see all copies from £58.86!
21	Ecology and Evolution of Communities more books like this by Martin L Cody (Editor), Jared Diamond (Editor) see all copies from £99.32!
22 view cover	Por Que Es Divetido El Sexo? / Why is Sex Fun: La Evolucion De La Sexualidad Humana / the Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond see all copies from £20.26! new only from £20.26!
23	Kollaps by Jared; Vogel Diamond, Sebastian see all copies from £17.84! new only from £18.55!
24	Eco and Evol Comm C more books like this by Martin L Cody, Jared Diamond In recent times, the science of ecology has been rejuvenated and has moved to a central position in biology. This volume contains eighteen original, major contributions by leaders in the field, all associates of the late Robert MacArthur, whose work has stimulated many of the recent developments in ecology. The intellectual ferment of the field is ... see all copies from £49.63! new only from £49.63!
25	De L'Inègalitè Parmi Les Sociètès by Jared Diamond see all copies from £48.93! new only from £48.93!

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