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Is /lit/ familiar with this work on anthropology? It is the better alternative to guns, germs and steel if your interested

>> No.12205978

>>12205967
>your

>> No.12205990

>>12205967
I was interested in GG&S until I found out it assumed everyone is the same, genetically, which I take some issue with.
How is this work? Read it?

>> No.12205997

>>12205978
thanks for the bump, never fails

>>12205990
yes its the best book on the subject i've come across so far. theres a pdf floating around somewhere online if you want a taste

>> No.12206040

>>12205997
Thanks for the recommendation, very interested now...

>> No.12206046

>>12206040
*also, what should I expect? What are the core ideas that this book is built around, as GG&S is built around locational civilization and development (not sure exactly how to phrase that)?

>> No.12206069

thanks for recommendation anon, Jared Diamond is indeed charachterised by sloppy scholarship ( I've read GGS and the world untill yesterday). Any other good works on anthropology that you can recommend? I have recently read hunter-gatherers by Bettinger which is pretty good

>> No.12206077

>>12205978
Based

>> No.12206097
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12206097

>>12206046
It's brilliant and my poor writing wont do it any justice. Hart explains how human populations reproductively isolated for thousands of years developed different levels of intelligence and aggression - the two driving forces of human history.

genes, race and human history by nicholas wade is another great work. These works are obviously controversial

>> No.12206129

>>12206097
Seriously thank you for bringing to light this book.
It is endlessly disturbing to me that even GG&S was seen as politically incorrect when it was published, and the book you recommended, because of its stance, even more based, is rendered even more interesting to me.
I have been looking for based/red-pilled books in this vein, as I've been slowly redpilling myself (was center-right for while, now going further right), over the last year, and now that I can read these, I can substantiate my views with literature.
This comes in handy, as, (as pessimistic as it sounds), the mere mention of a book (one that isn't a meme and/or valueless, like Mein Kampf) can make a person whose view are contrary to yours actually step back and consider, as they rarely look into the book itself but rather think to themselves, "Oh wow it's in a BOOK wowee"

Sorry about the text wall, I just had some thoughts to divulge.

>> No.12206147

>>12206129
No worries anon

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>>12206147
One of the amazon reviews of the book.
>CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSALITY
First time I've seen this phrase in the wild in an unironic state.

>> No.12206356

>>12206206
>>CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSALITY
easiest way to spot a pseud

>> No.12206622

>>12206356
Um, sweaty, honey, you can go back to your incel mysogny website you racist!!!!!!!!