The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies?
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Viking,
New York :
c2012.
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About
Diamond reveals how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years -- until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms -- and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature.
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- ISBN: 067078589X (export ed.)
- ISBN: 9780670785896 (export ed.)
- ISBN: 0670024813
- ISBN: 9780670024810
- Physical Description: xi, 499 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.print
- Publisher: New York : Viking, c2012.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-481) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Prologue : at the airport -- pt. 1. Setting the stage by dividing space. Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- pt. 2. Peace and war. Compensation for the death of a child ; A short chapter, about a tiny war ; A longer chapter, about many wars -- pt. 3. Young and old. Bringing up children ; The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill? -- pt. 4. Danger and response. Constructive paranoia ; Lions and other dangers -- pt. 5. Religion, language, and health. What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion ; Speaking in many tongues ; Salt, sugar, far, and sloth -- Epilogue : at another airport.