Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari

Category: Education

Narrator: Babla Kochhar

Tags: Education, History, Bestsellers

A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanitys creation and evolution - a number one international best seller - 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 c