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Sapiens : a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Daniel Casanave, David Vandermeulen, Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat, Joandomènec Ros i Aragonès, Andoni Sagarna, Xabier Kintana, David Casanave is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sapiens : a Brief History of Humankind about?
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? In Sapiens, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical—and sometimes devastating—breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics, and incorporating full-color illustrations throughout the text, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behavior from the legacy of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come? Bold, wide-ranging, a
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Yuval Noah Harari, Daniel Casanave, David Vandermeulen, Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat, Joandomènec Ros i Aragonès, Andoni Sagarna, Xabier Kintana, David Casanave
- Publisher
- Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062316110
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.43 / 5 (64,145 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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