Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]: A Brief History of Humankind

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The tenth anniversary version of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the distinguished historians of our time—that includes a brand new afterword from the writer.

100 thousand years in the past, a minimum of six human species inhabited the earth. At this time there is only one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed within the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come collectively to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to imagine in gods, nations, and human rights; to belief cash, books, and legal guidelines; and to be enslaved by paperwork, timetables, and consumerism? And what is going to our world be like within the millennia to come back?

In Sapiens, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the entire of human historical past, from the very first people to stroll the earth to the unconventional—and typically devastating—breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics, and incorporating full-color illustrations all through the textual content, he explores how the currents of historical past have formed our human societies, the animals and vegetation round us, and even our personalities. Can we ever free our conduct from the legacy of our ancestors? And what, if something, can we do to affect the course of the centuries to come back?

Daring, wide-ranging, and provocative, Sapiens integrates historical past and science to problem the whole lot we thought we knew about being human: our ideas, our actions, our heritage…and our future.

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Writer ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2025
Version ‏ : ‎ Anniversary
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print size ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 006342200X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063422001
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.11 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.17 x 1.09 x 8.98 inches
Finest Sellers Rank: #9,428 in Books (See Prime 100 in Books) #7 in Basic Anthropology #28 in Historical past of Civilization & Tradition #52 in Sociology Reference
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