Episodes
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Why Do We Destroy Nature? / Tackling Inequality
S1 Ep6 |Jared Diamond looks deep into history for clues to help us overcome today's major threats
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Will We Be Visited By Aliens? / Can We Eradicate Genocide?
S1 Ep5 |Jared Diamond looks to evolution for clues to the big questions of our era. - Image
Agriculture's Mixed Blessings/How Agriculture Differentiated
S1 Ep4 |Nothing changed human history more than the birth of agriculture, giving us culture. - Image
The Science of Monogamy / Our Mysterious Lifespan
S1 Ep3 |Why do humans live in monogamous couples? - Image
The Animal Origins of Art / How We Choose Our Mates
S1 Ep2 |What makes us human? - Image
What Separates Humans from Animals?
S1 Ep1 |Dr. Diamond looks to evolution for clues and dives into the origins of human language.
About NHK SPECIAL - Jared Diamond's Rise of the Third Chimpanzee
The NHK SPECIAL: JARED DIAMOND'S RISE OF THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE is a series of lectures featuring Jared Diamond — a UCLA professor and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Socieities— who traces the footsteps of humanity, from the apes to the challenges of today.