Armas, gérmenes y acero

Jared Diamond

Una y otra vez, los pueblos que tienen acceso a los requisitos previos para la producción de alimentos, y que tienen una localización que favorece la difusión de tecnología desde otros lugares, sustituyeron a los pueblos que carecían de estas ventajas. Una y otra vez, cuando una sola oleada de colonizadores se expandió por entornos diversos, sus descendientes se desarrollaron de una manera distinta, dependiendo de esas diferencias del medio.

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