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Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday

Book of the Week: Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday: Episode 4: Treatment of the Elderly

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Episode 4: Treatment of the Elderly

Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday

Treatment of the Elderly

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What can traditional societies teach us about dealing with an ageing population?

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond asks what traditional societies can teach us about dealing with our ageing populations? Read by Crawford Logan. From March 2013.

Treatment of the elderly.

Extract from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond's new book which suggests that traditional societies offer us 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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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond asks what can traditional societies teach us

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond examines what traditional societies can teach us about how we in the west live now.

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