Recent research has challenged a key hypothesis from Jared Diamond's 'Guns, Germs, and Steel,' which attributed Eurasian dominance to the continent's east-west geography facilitating easier spread and development of agriculture compared to the north-south axes of the Americas and Africa. The study found no significant evidence that Eurasia is more ecologically homogeneous than other continents, undermining the theory that similar ecologies across Eurasia led to shared cultural traits and, by extension, dominance. This finding contradicts Diamond's assertion and suggests that the reasons behind Eurasian civilizations' success may be more complex than previously thought. A quote from the research states, "although societies that share similar ecologies are more likely to share cultural traits, the Eurasian continent is not significantly more ecologically homogeneous than other continental regions."
And lo! Hungary became flesh, and his name was boyfriend (21M) (The myth that they migrated from Asia and descend from the Mongol warriors is totally false and mostly based on the fact that the country has the word "Hun" in it btw, priceless) https://t.co/cXTNdn67NR
Jared Diamond famously declared Eurasian civilisations were a product of the easy east-west geography of the continent, rather than the more difficult north-south of the Americas and Africa. A quantitative test of this hypothesis says - probably not. https://t.co/IIDCxLZqy3
Researchers tested one of Guns, Germs, and Steel's hypotheses explaining Eurasian dominance and found that it appears to be false. https://t.co/q7fuRKXbIi
Researchers tested one of Guns, Germs and Steel's hypotheses explaining Eurasian dominance and found that it appears to be false. https://t.co/WmvSONyqMx
Quote: "although societies that share similar ecologies are more likely to share cultural traits, the Eurasian continent is not significantly more ecologically homogeneous than other continental regions." https://t.co/M0v9dfmtO2