This paper adds further evidence supporting Jared Diamond’s hypothesis that global technologicaldifferences in the pre-modern era were fundamentally due to bio-geographic factors: the time elapsed since theonset of agriculture and husbandry, the size of the population relative to the territories, the shape of continents.An alternative hypothesis, that genetic diversity within populations is the ultimate cause of global inequalities, isalso examined. Results show how there is no robust evidence supporting a possible effect of genetic diversity oninternational differences in population density and technology in the pre-modern era

The Roots of Global Inequality: The Role of Biogeography and Genetic Diversity

Daniele V
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2019-01-01

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This paper adds further evidence supporting Jared Diamond’s hypothesis that global technologicaldifferences in the pre-modern era were fundamentally due to bio-geographic factors: the time elapsed since theonset of agriculture and husbandry, the size of the population relative to the territories, the shape of continents.An alternative hypothesis, that genetic diversity within populations is the ultimate cause of global inequalities, isalso examined. Results show how there is no robust evidence supporting a possible effect of genetic diversity oninternational differences in population density and technology in the pre-modern era
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