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082			_a303.4 _bDIA-W
100			_aDiamond, Jared _95817
245			_aWorld until yesterday : _bwhat can we learn from traditional societies? / _cJared Diamond
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2012. _aLondon:
300			_aix, 499 p.
505			_aIndhold: Setting the stage by dividing space (Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders). Peace and war (Compensation for the death of a child ; A shorth chapter, about a tiny war ; A longer chapter, about many wars). Young and old (Bringing up children ; The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill?). Danger and response (Constructive paranoia ; Lions and other dangers). Religion, language, and health (What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion ; Speaking in many tongues ; Salt, sugar, fat, and sloth)
520			_aSocieties like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday, in evolutionary time, when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions. The book gives a picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today
650			_aSocial change _919886
650			_aSocial change -- Papua New Guinea. _919887
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