Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari, Derek Perkins

eAudio - 2017

#1 New York Times Bestseller New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill GatesOfficial U.S. edition From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari 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... more