Jared Diamond published Guns Germs and Steel 25 yrs ago. Is there consensus of how well his hypothesis holds up? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Jared Diamond published Guns Germs and Steel 25 yrs ago. Is there consensus of how well his hypothesis holds up?

by neerwil

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The Faq has an entire section dedicated to this:

[Historians' views of Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel"] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/historians_views#wiki_historians.27_views_of_jared_diamond.27s_.22guns.2C_germs.2C_and_steel.22)