Review: Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond)

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond. Norton, 2005. 

The book could have been titled Food, Animals, and Latitude. Places with plants that could be more easily cultivated built a surplus that could support people doing things other than finding food. Places with animals that could be tamed had an advantage in reducing labor. And continents that are horizontal more than vertical let those plants and animals be shared more easily.