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?īold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power.and our future. Historys biggest fraud - Building pyramids - Memory overload - There is no justice in history - Part 3. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, palaeontology, and economics, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. An animal of no significance - The tree of knowledge - A day in the life of Adam and Eve - The Flood - Part 2. Sto tysiach let nazad Homo sapiens byl odnim iz kak minimum shesti vidov cheloveka, zhivshikh na etoi planete, ' nichem ne primechatelnym zhivotnym, kotoroe igralo v ekosisteme rol ne bolshuiu. 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. Books similar or contradicting to 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' by Yuval Noah Harari I want to expand my horizons a bit, and listening to Sapiens on audiobook has been doing me very well - Im aware of the second book, Homo Deus by the same author, but I want to focus more on the possible / philosophical history of mankind, instead of assuming about its future. 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? Timeline of History Part One The Cognitive Revolution 1 An Animal of No Significance 2 The Tree of Knowledge 3 A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve 4 The Flood Part Two The Agricultural Revolution 5 History’s Biggest Fraud 6 Building Pyramids 7 Memory Overload 8 There is No Justice in History Part Three The Unification of Humankind 9 The Arrow of History 10 The Scent of Money 11 Imperial. 100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.ġ00,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind (Audio Download) by Yuval Noah Harari, Derek Perkins (Narrator) and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.