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Largest ransom ever: enough gold to fill a room 22 feet long by 17 feet wide to a height of over 8 feet
In 1532 the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahuallpa at the Peruvian highland of Cajamarca. Pizarro proceeded to hold his prisoner for eight months, while extracting… more →
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Evolution and slow adaptations.
richnodul wrote 11 hours ago: A good article on evolution in NY Times today. Experiments showed that some bacterias needed 31.000 … more →
Evolutionary, my dear Watson
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Chris Lawrence wrote 1 week ago: What connects all these together? For the answer (and yet another meander on that eternal mix of eth … more →
The Meaning of Columbus Day
RinoHorn wrote 1 month ago: Nowadays most people scoff at the notion of Columbus Day. The media has recast Columbus’s dis … more →
The Gutting of a Georgetown Tradition: Meddling with "Map of the Modern World"
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ldorazio1 wrote 2 months ago: I had another post in mind today at the Neighborhood, but this news was sent to me by my fellow alum … more →
The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
wadatripp wrote 4 months ago: The BBC has made available a useful tool called Civilizations that, “uses web technology to re … more →
Don't Throw Twitter Down the....
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John S wrote 5 months ago: There is a lot of good scholarship out there on the history of invention and technology. What is not … more →
The Rise And Fall Of Human Societies: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'
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Gero wrote 5 months ago: Considering this book was originally published in 1997, I am a bit late in reviewing this contributi … more →
Read a Book!: Guns, Germs, and Steel
liberexmachina wrote 5 months ago: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond A coffee shop patron recommend … more →
Required Reading for Convicts, Part Two
skepticcon wrote 5 months ago: Last January 19th, a fellow prisoner looked at my shaven head, my pale skin, and my blue eyes and sa … more →
Book: Collapse by Jared Diamond
timborrego wrote 6 months ago: The subtitle of Collapse, “How societies choose to fail or succeed” is a very good synop … more →
Swine Flu - It's Not the First, Won't Be The Last
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Meredith - Political Mpressions wrote 7 months ago: What a strange coincidence that a potentially pandemic illness originating from domesticated livesto … more →
The Problem with Jared Diamond's Environmental Determinism
adamfreedom wrote 7 months ago: More to come on this… I’ve long had a problem with Jared Diamond’s “Guns, … more →
My W.H.O. Card
whereiskatima wrote 7 months ago: W.H.O. Card page 2 W.H.O. Card page 1 http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/iis/stds/cpt.htm (hel … more →
GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL
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michaelgreenwell wrote 8 months ago: If you haven’t already seen it I urge to watch your way through the three-part documentary bas … more →
Who needs to read books...
kristinmh wrote 9 months ago: …when there’s Google Video?* I haven’t actually read the book, though I’ve b … more →
Inventions
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Corey wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been picking away at Guns Germs & Steel since the holidays. Last night I happened to … more →
book review: guns, germs, and steel
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jjackunrau wrote 10 months ago: Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is one of these books I … more →
Who Introduced the Sweet Potato into PNG?
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Tavurvur wrote 1 year ago: How did the sweet potato or kaukau (Ipomoea batatas) arrive to be in PNG? I asked myself that questi … more →
Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs and Steel
Stephen wrote 1 year ago: Diamond came up on TED Talks this week, and he is a great example of Edge’s idea of the Third … more →
