Diamond's particular brand of geographic determinism was outdated by the 70s, let alone by when he published GG&S. I'm not sure Hancock has ever been in the sam

Diamond's particular brand of geographic determinism was outdated by the 70s, let alone by when he published GG&S. I'm not sure Hancock has ever been in the same zip code as consensus, let alone ballpark, but criticizing him brings enough people out of the woodwork that I'm trying to word things more carefully.