The NHK SPECIAL: JARED DIAMOND'S RISE OF THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE is a series of lectures featuring Jared Diamond — a UCLA professor and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Socieities— who traces the footsteps of humanity, from the apes to the challenges of today.
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Jared Diamond looks deep into history for clues to help us overcome today's major threats
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Jared Diamond looks to evolution for clues to the big questions of our era.
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Nothing changed human history more than the birth of agriculture, giving us culture.
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