Diet and Health
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond asks what can be learned from traditional societies about living healthier lives? From March 2013.
Diet and health.
Extract from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond's powerful new book which suggests that traditional societies offer a window onto how our ancestors lived for millions of years - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and can provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature.
Read by Crawford Logan.
Abridged by Robin Brooks.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
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