Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Paperback - 2018
by Harari, Yuval Noah
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- Title Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Author Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2018-05-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR010397219
- ISBN 9780062316110 / 0062316117
- Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.3 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Anthropological
- Library of Congress subjects History, Civilization
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014028418
- Dewey Decimal Code 909
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From the rear cover
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, Harari 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, and provocative, Sapiens integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our heritage...and our future.
