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  • 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?

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AuthorYuval Noah Harari
PublisherHarper
Publication dateFebruary 10, 2015
Print length469 pages
Customer Reviews★★★★ / 135,382 ratings
New York Times Bestseller

A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg

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.


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This is a fundamental misconception of how science works. Anyone can "connect dots". This is called speculation or, less charitably, story telling, which is all that Harari ever does. He lays out unbelievably specific mechanisms relating modern human behaviors to his imagined version of the Paleolithic human experience, and generally provides zero evidence to support them. He is not a biologist, he has no training in paleoanthropology or biological anthropology or any of the fields encompassed under what we now called anthropogeny, which is the multidisciplinary study of human origins. Accusing critics of this book as being unreasonable or angry at having their "world view" shaken is super cringe. If you want the opinions of people with actual expertise on human origins regarding Harari, check these out:

Princeton developmental/evolutionary neurobiologist Darshana Narayanan: https://www.currentaffairs.org/20...oah-harari

UChicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/20...e-writing/

McMaster anthropologist Chris Hallpike: https://www.newenglishreview.org/...humankind/

Democracy advocate Jeremy Lent, not a biologist but the article is very well-structured and lays out major conceptual problems with the book. Lent wrote a book called The Patterning Instinct, which was extensively reviewed by topical experts, very well cited, and in general what Harari's Sapiens wishes it was:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/...al-harari/
I am going to go waaaaaaaaay out on a limb and guess that you both didn't read the book and that the author may have written something that damaged your precious world view.

For those that are interested, the book is a fantastic read. It connected so many dots about where we came from and how we got here (which is probably offended some people).
I read it on kindle unlimited. The early parts are good, but it gets fantastical towards the end. I have a friend who literally believes that he might live forever based on reading this book. The author is an historian or sociologist (can't remember exactly), but he delves into science and technology that he clearly doesn't understand.

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10-11-2023 at 09:22 AM.
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This is on Kindle Unlimited if you have it or have the 3-month trial. But if you don't, it's a good price overall and a good book.
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10-11-2023 at 09:26 AM.
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This is on Kindle Unlimited if you have it or have the 3-month trial. But if you don't, it's a good price overall and a good book.
Yes, really interesting. And the audiobook is great, the narrator is fantastic (not the author which I usually prefer, but this author does not have a great voice).
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I read it on kindle unlimited. The early parts are good, but it gets fantastical towards the end. I have a friend who literally believes that he might live forever based on reading this book. The author is an historian or sociologist (can't remember exactly), but he delves into science and technology that he clearly doesn't understand.
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10-11-2023 at 11:50 AM.
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I have the audible book. What is missing on this kindle book is whisper sync so Incan toggle between the two.
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10-11-2023 at 11:53 AM.
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This author is a fanatical anti human nut case who believes most people are "useless eaters". Donate two dollars to charity today.
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10-11-2023 at 12:29 PM.
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This author is a fanatical anti human nut case who believes most people are "useless eaters". Donate two dollars to charity today.
I am going to go waaaaaaaaay out on a limb and guess that you both didn't read the book and that the author may have written something that damaged your precious world view.

For those that are interested, the book is a fantastic read. It connected so many dots about where we came from and how we got here (which is probably offended some people).
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Good book, but as always free at your local library.
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10-11-2023 at 12:47 PM.
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Been looking for a deal for this one on Kindle! I literally looked last night and here it comes today!
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10-11-2023 at 12:50 PM.
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Did not like this book. Dude so matter a fact, as everything he's guessing is so obviously true, to the point it's condescending. His writing style is also very dry and doesn't paint a good picture. I had a hard time staying awake reading this stuff, and I'm an avid reader. I stopped reading somewhere around chapter 5 and thought it was all rubbish. A friend recommended it to me so it clearly has a fan base.
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I am going to go waaaaaaaaay out on a limb and guess that you both didn't read the book and that the author may have written something that damaged your precious world view.

For those that are interested, the book is a fantastic read. It connected so many dots about where we came from and how we got here (which is probably offended some people).
This is a fundamental misconception of how science works. Anyone can "connect dots". This is called speculation or, less charitably, story telling, which is all that Harari ever does. He lays out unbelievably specific mechanisms relating modern human behaviors to his imagined version of the Paleolithic human experience, and generally provides zero evidence to support them. He is not a biologist, he has no training in paleoanthropology or biological anthropology or any of the fields encompassed under what we now called anthropogeny, which is the multidisciplinary study of human origins. Accusing critics of this book as being unreasonable or angry at having their "world view" shaken is super cringe. If you want the opinions of people with actual expertise on human origins regarding Harari, check these out:

Princeton developmental/evolutionary neurobiologist Darshana Narayanan: https://www.currentaffairs.org/20...oah-harari

UChicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/20...e-writing/

McMaster anthropologist Chris Hallpike: https://www.newenglishreview.org/...humankind/

Democracy advocate Jeremy Lent, not a biologist but the article is very well-structured and lays out major conceptual problems with the book. Lent wrote a book called The Patterning Instinct, which was extensively reviewed by topical experts, very well cited, and in general what Harari's Sapiens wishes it was:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/...al-harari/
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10-11-2023 at 02:52 PM.
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Good book, but as always free at your local library.

You beat me to it..
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