Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.
Jared DiamondThe King's 28 letters have been described by scholars as the world's best alphabet and the most scientific system of writing.
Jared DiamondThousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science.
Jared DiamondThe adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered.
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