Guns, Germs, and Steel

Into the Tropics (1x3)

Air date: Nov 07, 2005

So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favored one group of people – Europeans – endowing them with agents of conquest ahead of their rivals around the world. Guns, germs and steel allowed Europeans to colonize vast tracts of the globe – but what happened when this all-conquering package arrived in Africa, the birthplace of humanity?