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today we watched the video again and jared diamond explained what he thought made some races superior to others.he believed that farming was the key to a more advanced civilization. if you had the better crops that naturally grew in your area then you would probably be more advanced civilization. this explains the difference between new guinea and america. in new guinea, they had little to no crops growing in their area and if they did have a crop, it was not very filling ad low on protein and calories. since they had to spend a majority of their time on finding food, they had no time to work on other things. meanwhile, america had the best crops around the globe, so when people started to make civilizations there they had more then enough food. this allowed them to be more advanced in other things. he also touched base on domestic animals. there are 14 total animals in this world that are over 100 lbs and have been domesticated by humans. most of these have other great resources produced before they are killed for their meat.