In class Friday we finished watching the documentary "Guns, Germs and Steel." Jared Diamond's theory is that it was geographical luck and all animals that were able to be domesticated were in Europe and the Asia. The people from Papua, New Guinea were very intelligent but they lacked the natural resources that other countries had and were able to thrive in. If the people from New Guinea had the same resources as other people they would be very advanced in their civilization too. All they had was sago trees and they weren't that nutritious and you have to do so much work to get to the part you eat. That means they couldn't export things a lot. Today, they have so much imports that come into the island, this is another thing that is holding them back. Do not be fooled by the lack of advancement in the civilization.