Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
2011 . Non-fiction, History, Science . Yuval Noah Harari
8.8
Everyone
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100,000 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, Dr 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, 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 behaviour from the heritage of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power ... and our future.
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Year:
2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Vintage
Pages:
512
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Reviews
Belle Holds
1 day ago
5
Gazil
Emil Ernst Rønhoff Elholm
6 days ago
8
Though-provoking
Vivek S
1 week ago
10
Must read book
Jens Sudmeier
4 weeks ago
9
Amazing book that gives a good and brief introduction to the long history of humanity. The most interesting are the factual writing and "fun facts" that are sprinkled throughout the whole book
Peter Mogensen
1 month ago
10
Teriffic book about the human race!
David Williams
1 month ago
9
Read it because so many people have and I think it has some really insightful things to say and is very interesting. I was blown away initially but his other books aren't as good and really brought home to me how there are 2 or 3 really insightful excellent ideas in here but the same ideas get brought in to many contexts over and over.
New York Times Best Sellers 
3 months ago
10
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
Colin Hively
4 months ago
9
Awesome read, perspective shifting!
Nanna Schmidt
6 months ago
10
Læste den som en del af pensum på antropologi, og den er virkelig spændende og tankevækkende. Den kan klart anbefales - også som “fritidslæsning”!
Tyler Heywood
9 months ago
8
Sometimes can be misleading in terms of facts but a great read and very eye opening regardless
Kristian Nolting
9 months ago
8
Gray book until Yuval tries to predict the future.
Markus Marañon Straarup
10 months ago
9
A truly enlightening review of what makes us human, how strong and simultaneously weak our social constructs are, and what the future - may - hold. In short a reality check on our human reality.
Paula Celestino
12 months ago
10
Fantastic
Kevin Maloney
1 year ago
10
Superb retelling of human history.