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The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? Cover Image Book

The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond.

Diamond, Jared M. (Author).

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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: 9780670024810
  • Physical Description: xi, 499 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

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Subject:
Hubula (New Guinean people) > History.
Hubula (New Guinean people) > Social life and customs.
Hubula (New Guinean people) > Cultural assimilation.
Social evolution.
Social change > Papua New Guinea.
Social evolution > Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea > Social life and customs.

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