Humans

“Guns, Germs & Steel”

• Consider Past 13,000 Years• Hunter/gatherers yield to farmers• Over time, Farmers are displacing

H/G... Why?• Inherent characteristics of people?• Environment? • In GG&S, J. Diamond proposes

purely environmental hypothesis

Key Environmental Factors

• Available plants suitable as crops

• Available animals for domestication

• Latitude orientation for easy diffusion

Latitude

Fertile Crescent

Macro Pattern - Farmers

• More Calories

• More People

• Camps, Villages, Communities

• Specialization, Stuff

• Warriors & Bureaucrats

• Language, Rules, Laws, etc.

• Germs…