1.One of the most commonly espoused answers to “Yali’s Question” is that there is a biological difference among different groups of people, or that Europeans are just superior to other races. Jared Diamond proves this wrong by stating that human differences in intelligence is caused by the difference in technology, that on average modern day people who live in the “Stone Age” are probably more intelligent than industrialized people. Another common answer to “Yali’s Question” is that Europeans were able to use technology. Jared Diamond addresses this by explaining the difference in technology between Yali’s people and Europeans. He refutes this by saying that when given the chance or opportunity primitive people are able to master technology.
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The first advantage is the perfect climate that the Fertile Crescent has. Another advantage of the fertile crescent is that is was already abundant in crops that were highly productive. The final advantage of the Fertile Crescent is that it was one of the first sights that developed writing. Jared Diamond explains that it was europe spreading culture rather than Southeast Asia by stating that Southeast Asia didn’t have great communication with the outside world. Europeans on the other hand spreaded crops in the New …show more content…
He explains that only a specific number of animals can be domesticated because they are the best animals to use. He also explains how the number of animals that were domesticable was different among different groups of people. The modern failure to domesticate the Eland show us that sometimes it’s the species shortcoming rather than the humans trying to domesticate them.
13.The Anna karenina principle is that it helps explain how domestication works by using the concept of marriage. It explains that there are 6 factors that determine if an animal is domesticable: Diet, Growth rate, Problems of captive breeding, Common panic attacks, and social order. The Anna karenina also helps explain why some regions had better advantages than others. For example it helps explain why Eurasia was able to domesticate the cow, while South Africa couldn’t domesticate the buffalo. Or why the cheetah the fastest land mammal was unable to be
The first advantage is the perfect climate that the Fertile Crescent has. Another advantage of the fertile crescent is that is was already abundant in crops that were highly productive. The final advantage of the Fertile Crescent is that it was one of the first sights that developed writing. Jared Diamond explains that it was europe spreading culture rather than Southeast Asia by stating that Southeast Asia didn’t have great communication with the outside world. Europeans on the other hand spreaded crops in the New …show more content…
He explains that only a specific number of animals can be domesticated because they are the best animals to use. He also explains how the number of animals that were domesticable was different among different groups of people. The modern failure to domesticate the Eland show us that sometimes it’s the species shortcoming rather than the humans trying to domesticate them.
13.The Anna karenina principle is that it helps explain how domestication works by using the concept of marriage. It explains that there are 6 factors that determine if an animal is domesticable: Diet, Growth rate, Problems of captive breeding, Common panic attacks, and social order. The Anna karenina also helps explain why some regions had better advantages than others. For example it helps explain why Eurasia was able to domesticate the cow, while South Africa couldn’t domesticate the buffalo. Or why the cheetah the fastest land mammal was unable to be