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The Interview, The Interview, Historian, geographer, anthropolgist and author Jared Diamond

The Interview

The Interview

Historian, geographer, anthropolgist and author Jared Diamond

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31 May 2019

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Jared Diamond’s hugely successful books draw on biology, geography, anthropology and more. So what’s his conclusion about the long term viability of homo sapiens?

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