Jared Diamond has a documentary series on PBS starting this week

www.pbs.org/gunsgermsste...ow/index.html

Guns, Germs and Steel screens across the country on PBS (starting July 11) for three weeks on Monday nights at 11:00pm in most cities.

Check the time it is airing in your neighborhood below.
www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/airdates.html

Jared Diamond
www.pbs.org/gunsgermsste...ut/jared.html

Interview
www.pbs.org/gunsgermsste...nterview.html

Q: When you set out to write Guns, Germs and Steel what was it you actually wanted to prove?

JD: I wasn't trying to prove anything, but I was trying to answer a question; the biggest question of history – why history unfolded differently on the different continents over the last 13 thousand years and the usual answer to this question is the answer that racists come up with; they say its because some people are superior to other people.

What we found is that the answer doesn't have anything to do with people and it has everything to do with people's environments.