In the beginning of the book we read of a man named Jared Diamond, Jared Diamond is a Professor at UCLA, and he is fascinated with birds. His fascination is so great that he studies bird evolution on the island of New Guinea. In the year of 1972 he is asked a question by a man named Yali, Yali happens to be a local politician, (someone who is highly respected on the island.) Yali’s question was, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people