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Jared Diamond
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American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
Jared Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author born in 1937 who studies how geography, environment, and other broad factors shape the development of human societies. His work matters because he offers influential perspectives on why some civilizations succeeded or failed throughout history, influencing how people understand human progress and global inequality.
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- Born
- September 10, 1937
- Works
- 31
Top works
- International Cosmos Prize, 1998
- מהפך
- Súng, Vi trùng và thép
- העולם עד אתמול
- Seventeenth epode
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Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991), Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond's work is known for drawing from a variety of fields, and he is currently Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jared+Diamond">Read more on Last.fm
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5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,368x
- Executive Functions
· 2013 · cited 10,610x
- A framework for variation discovery and genotyping using next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2011 · cited 10,544x
- The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data
· 2018 · cited 8,710x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,597x
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Quotes
- “Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.”
- “How can we explain simultaneously this general pattern of female parental care and also its numerous exceptions?The answer comes from the realization that genes for behavior, as well as for malaria resistance and teeth, are subject to natural selection.”
- “Though seemingly remote from human sexuality, shorebird sexuality is instructive because it illustrates the main message of this book: a species’ sexuality is molded by other aspects of the species’ biology. It’s easier for us to acknowledge this conclusion about shorebirds, to which we don’t apply moral standards, than about ourselves.”
- “Our sex is ultimately laid down by our genes.”
- “Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.”
- “Behavior evolves through natural selection, just as anatomy does. Hence if sex is enjoyable, natural selection must have been responsible for that outcome.”
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Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist, historian, and author. He has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books, most notably Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards, including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals.
Originally trained in biochemistry and physiology, Diamond has published in many fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology. In 1985, he received a MacArthur Genius Grant and in 1999, the National Medal of Science, an honor bestowed by the President of the United States and the National Science Foundation. He was a professor of geography at UCLA until his retirement in 2024. Anthropologists have criticized his work as “shallow,” saying he overemphasizes geography and climate.