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"S. Sasser" <[log in to unmask]>
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S. Sasser
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Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:10:28 -0500
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Ken,

I think the book you're referring to is <Guns, Germs, and Steel> by Jared
Diamond.  Very good book!

Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Follett" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 8:35 AM
> I can't remember the name of the book but it had to do with
> intelligence, world populations and global resources over historical
> time... one premise that interested me is that people who live in
> jungles (not corn fields), such as New Guinea tend, according to the
> author, to be individually more intelligent than people that live in
> European city states.

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