In the episode, “Out of Eden,” Diamond mentioned some educational facts about the civilization that inhabits New Guinea. There was one question he asked that I thought was interesting. Why did New Guineans not prosper as well as other civilizations? He mentioned it had a lot to do with farming. I believe this was a downfall for them. Harvesting wheat was easier and faster. Unfortunately, New Guineans were harvesting wild sago, which was harder to harvest because it involved chopping down trees. One tree only yielded seventy pounds of sago and it took about three to four days to harvest a tree. Also other civilizations used animals, such as pigs, goats, sheep, horse, oxen for not only food, but clothing as well. New Guineans only had pigs, which
