Official Blurb
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?
Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.
About the Author
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His books have been translated into 60 languages, with 27.5 million copies sold worldwide. 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' (2014) looked deep into our past, 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow' (2016) considered far-future scenarios, and '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' (2018) zoomed in on the biggest questions of the present moment.
Book Review
About 13.5 billion
years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being what is known as the
Bing Bang. The story of these fundamental features of our universe is called
physics.
About 300,000 years after their appearance, matter and energy started to
coalesce into complex structures, called atoms, which then combined into
molecules. The story of atoms, molecules, and their interactions is called
chemistry.
About 3.8 billion years ago, on a planet called Earth, certain molecules
combined to form particularly large and intricate structures called organisms.
The story of organisms is called biology.
About 70,000 years ago, organisms belonging to the species Homo sapiens started
to form even more elaborate structures called cultures. The author tells about
three important revolutions that shaped the course of history: the Cognitive
Revolution started about 70,000 years ago. The Agriculture Revolution sped it
up about 12,000 years ago. The Scientific Revolution, which got underway only
500 years ago. This book tells the story of how these three revolutions have
affected humans and their fellow organisms.
It's an excellent book with all the facts and figures which we don't know. This
book is thought-provoking and changes one's thoughts about history. The author
tries to sum up as much as he can in this book but in my opinion, a single book
is not enough for the brief history of humankind. It never will be.
Although, the book is filled with the author's opinions. He believes that Earth
is better off without humans. Some part of the book is very intriguing and some
are so boring that you wish to stop reading. There is a lack of information
about Neanderthals which made me unsatisfied. I like the scientific revolution
part very much. This book tells how we evolve and about our genes and other
interesting stuff. It's a must-read.
This is the thrilling account of our extraordinary history - from insignificant
apes to rulers of the world in which fire gave us power, gossip helped us
cooperate, agriculture made us hungry for more, mythology maintained law and
order, money gave us something we can really trust, contradictions created
culture and science made us deadly.
You can grab your copy from here,
US, UK, Canada readers:
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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