01164cam a2200313 4500 69986746 TxAuBib 20101130120000.0 030319t20031999||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780393317558 pbk. $16.95 0393317552 pbk. $16.95 (OCoLC)61484921 TxAuBib Diamond, Jared M. Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond. New York : W.W. Norton, [2003] ©1999. 494, [2] p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes "Reading group guide"--p. [495-496]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-471) and index. Dismantles racist theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for its broadest patterns. 20101130. Social evolution. Human beings Effect of environment on. Civilization History. Ethnology. Culture diffusion. TXMOO