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Australia is the most isolated continent.
Jared Diamond
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Jared Diamond
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: September 10
Biologist
Ecologist
Geographer
Ornithologist
Physiologist
Scientist
University Teacher
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Boston
Massachusetts
Jared Mason Diamond
Jared M. Diamond
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