YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is
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Jared Diamond Jared Diamond was a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles. He was a biologist by training‚ and a specialist in human physiology. But his real passion has always been the study of birds. He began watching the birds when he was about seven years old in the United States. He arrived in New Guinea at the age of 26 and he felt that it was love at first sight. Diamond started to make regular trips to New Guinea and ever since‚ he decides to be the leading expert on the bird life of the island
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Summary In the article‚ “Who Killed Easter Island” by Jared Diamond he states that people can affect and destroy our environment and natural resources. Easter Island can be used as a warning that cultural and environmental dangers exist due to overexploitation. Although‚ civilizations have vanished from the island it still has a remaining mystery and history to its untouched landscape. Easter Island was formed out of an ancient volcanic eruption; the island is only sixty-four square miles with habitable
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Easter Island. The Easter Island heads‚ man made or created by something out of this world? Don’t know? Well I’m here to tell you. In this paper I’m going to talk about 3 things‚ Origins of Easter Island‚ The Mysteries of Easter Island‚ and The Stone Statues. Easter Island is located 2‚300 miles off the coast of Chile‚ it’s approximately 64 square miles. It is currently a territory of Chile‚ it is located in South America. The Island was discovered by a Dutch Admiral named‚ Jacob Roggeveen on
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these boats was the totoro‚ a fresh-water reed found at Lake Titicaca‚ Peru‚ and which the Easter Islanders planted down in the marshy recesses of their extinct volcanoes.” So although there was recent thought the Easter Islanders were totally stranded after all the trees were gone‚ maybe not. Heyerdahl also cites plants as a tie between South America and the Islands. “The most important plant on Easter Island when Roggeveen and Captain
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August 28th‚ 2013 YooSeob Jung Jared Diamond Essay 730 words In the modern time period lifestyle in which we live in now‚ it is a very common belief that agriculture was one of the greatest turning points in history. It had made our life much more convenient. Producing food wasn’t such a big issue anymore. To some‚ the change from hunter-gatherers to farmers is referred to as the most enlightening gift ever given to the human race. As though all these people consider it as a positive‚ some
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Lesson of Easter Island Cawonnas B EG-481 December 16‚ 2012 Mr. Simon The Lesson of Easter Island Bill Gaede once said‚ “Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining (Goodreads‚ 2012).” This paper will convey an explanation‚ based on scientific method‚ on how the people of Easter Island shattered their island leaving only a small percentage of people to live there. Easter Island is remotely located in the Pacific Ocean. The island is about
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Inspired by a question that put him on the island of Papua New Guinea more than thirty years ago‚ Jared Diamond embarked on a worldwide quest to understand the roots of global inequality. This inequality lies in the question of - Why were Europeans the ones to conquer the most amount of land around the world? The answer‚ according to Jared Diamond‚ is guns‚ germs‚ steel‚ and geographical luck. Geographical luck is what stemmed and brought up a vast majority of the Europeans luck in acquiring such
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INTRO Easter island also known as Rapa Nui‚ is located 4300 miles southeaste of Hawaii and covers roughly 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean. Scientists have discovered evidence that Râpa nui was first settled by polynésien fishermen. They had the disadvantage of living in one of the most fragile environment‚ at the highest risk of deforestation. Witch ment it wasn’t a very sastainable environment. The polynésiens came from the Asia tiwon aria and accsedently got to the island then they planed
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Easter Island is about 2‚000 miles from any population center. So why should you come here? The views are so beautiful. There are many mysteries to be solved about Easter Island. Easter Island is located around the South Pacific Ocean. Easter Island has a very interesting and intriguing history to many people. It is a small and isolated island in the South Pacific Ocean. It is about sixty-three square miles. The nearest place that has a population is Chile‚ which is more than 2‚300 miles
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