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Title: The book was one brilliant epiphany after another.
Review: I am a professional archaeologist, schooled in anthropology, the study of humans. With 37 years experience I had not expected the mind-altering material that Charles Mann synthesized for this book. The book deals with native cultures of the New World from before and after the arrival of Europeans. He gathers together the most recent discoveries and theories regarding how and why native cultures were essentially overthrown by the invaders from across the Atlantic. He brings in lessons wrought from archaeology, biology, epidemiology, horticulture, history, ethnography, geography, you name it. I blazed through this book and Mann left me wanting more when I was done. This is truly a magnificent work from a leading science journalist.
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