The World Until Yesterday
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The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The World Until Yesterday canonical | 6 |
| New Guinea highland societies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T307835 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The World Until Yesterday Context triple: [Jared Diamond, notableWork, The World Until Yesterday]
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A.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
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B.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Field Notes from a Catastrophe is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines the science, evidence, and early impacts of human-driven climate change around the world.
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C.
The Third Chimpanzee
The Third Chimpanzee is a popular science book by Jared Diamond that explores human evolution and behavior by comparing Homo sapiens to our closest primate relatives.
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D.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by Isabel Wilkerson that examines the hidden caste systems shaping social hierarchy and inequality in the United States and around the world.
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E.
The Mind of Primitive Man
The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The World Until Yesterday Target entity description: The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
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A.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
-
B.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Field Notes from a Catastrophe is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines the science, evidence, and early impacts of human-driven climate change around the world.
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C.
The Third Chimpanzee
The Third Chimpanzee is a popular science book by Jared Diamond that explores human evolution and behavior by comparing Homo sapiens to our closest primate relatives.
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D.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by Isabel Wilkerson that examines the hidden caste systems shaping social hierarchy and inequality in the United States and around the world.
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E.
The Mind of Primitive Man
The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Jared Diamond ⓘ |
| award | Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | Upheaval ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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popular science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession |
anthropologist
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geographer ⓘ popular science writer ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapter on child-rearing
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chapter on multilingualism ⓘ chapter on religion ⓘ chapter on risk and danger ⓘ chapter on treatment of the elderly ⓘ chapter on war and peace ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0670024813 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780670024810 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | GN316 .D53 2012 ⓘ |
| mainThesis | modern societies can learn from traditional societies ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Amazonian tribes
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Inuit societies ⓘ The World Until Yesterday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New Guinea highland societies
San hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 795176055 ⓘ |
| pages | 512 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Collapse ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| subject |
child-rearing practices
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comparative anthropology ⓘ conflict resolution ⓘ cultural evolution ⓘ elderly care in traditional societies ⓘ human nature ⓘ language diversity ⓘ modern life ⓘ religion in traditional societies ⓘ risk and danger in daily life ⓘ social organization ⓘ traditional societies ⓘ |
| topic | lessons from traditional societies for the modern world ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The World Until Yesterday Description of subject: The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Guinea highland societies
subject surface form:
Jared Diamond