Jared Diamond THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES?

To

Meg Taylor,

in appreciation for decades

of your friendship,

and of sharing your insights into our two worlds

List of Tables and Figures

Figure 1 Locations of 39 societies that will be discussed frequently in this book

Table 1.1 Objects traded by some traditional societies

Table 3.1 Membership of two warring Dani alliances

Table 8.1 Causes of accidental death and injury

Table 8.2 Traditional food storage around the world

Table 9.1 Some proposed definitions of religion

Table 9.2 Examples of supernatural beliefs confined to particular religions

Figure 9.1 Religion’s functions changing through time

Table 11.1 Prevalences of Type-2 diabetes around the world

Table 11.2 Examples of gluttony when food is abundantly available

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