The Broadest Pattern of Human History

JARED M. DIAMOND earned a Ph.D. degree in Physiology from Cambridge University in 1961. A Professor of Physiology at UCLA Medical School, he is also a Research Associate with the American Museum of Natural History and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. He is a contributing editor to Discover and writes a regular column, “Nature’s Infinite Book,” for Natural History on the subject of human biology, including human evolution, genetics, distribution, and language.