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The world until yesterday :

by Diamond, Jared M. frey50
Published by : Viking, (New York :) , 2012 Physical details: xi, 499 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. ISBN:9780670024810; 0670024813; 9780670785896 (export ed.); 067078589X (export ed.).
Subject(s): Dani (New Guinean people) -- History. | Dani (New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs. | Dani (New Guinean people) -- Cultural assimilation. | Social evolution. | Social change -- Papua New Guinea. | Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs.
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Prologue: at the airport -- 1. Setting the stage by dividing space -- Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- 2. Peace and war -- Compensation for the death of a child -- A short chapter, about a tiny war -- A longer chapter, about many wars -- 3. Young and old -- Bringing up children -- The treatment of old people: cherish, abandon, or kill? -- 4. Danger and response -- Constructive paranoia -- Lions and other dangers -- 5. Religion, language, and health -- What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion -- Speaking in many tongues -- Salt, sugar, far, and sloth -- Epilogue: at another airport.

Diamond reveals how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years -- until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms -- and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature.