Please summarize the epilogue of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.

The epilogue of Guns, Germs, and
Steel by Jared Diamond is entitled “The Future of Human History as a
Science.” This title gives you a clue as to Diamond’s thinking at the end of the book,
his interpretation of what the future of human history should entail. His thought is
that history should be examined more scientifically. The epilogue explains that there
are shortcomings to his thinking in that it is nearly impossible to create experiments
in society and geography that can be replicated because there are too many variables
including human nature, environment, and the length of time that would be necessary to
carry out such experiments.

Jared Diamond espouses the idea
of geological determinism which theorizes that Europeans became dominant because they
had better raw materials and more favorable environmental conditions that those in the
Fertile Crescent and China. There were also power struggles, especially in China.
Whereas the Europeans were open to world exploration, the Chinese were facing civil
unrest as they battled the Eunuchs. Diamond suggests that the power struggles be looked
at only after the geographical situations are examined, thus making human history into a
science.