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Jared Diamond (b. 1937) is an American geographer, historian, and author renowned for his interdisciplinary approach to understanding human societies. A professor of geography at UCLA, he is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1997), which explores how environmental and geographic factors shaped the development of civilizations.

Diamond’s other acclaimed works, including Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?, examine the lessons history and traditional cultures offer for modern challenges. His research spans fields such as anthropology, biology, and history, earning him numerous awards and recognition as one of the leading thinkers in global and environmental studies.