New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21 st Century The tenth anniversary edition
of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the
most prominent historians of our time—featuring a new afterword from the author. One hundred
thousand years ago at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.
Us. Homo sapiens. 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? In
Sapiens Professor 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. Drawing on insights from biology
anthropology paleontology and economics and incorporating full-color illustrations
throughout the text he explores the origin of our species and how the currents of history have
shaped our human societies the animals and plants around us and even our personalities. Can
we ever free our behavior from the legacy of our ancestors? And what if anything can we do to
influence the course of the centuries to come? Bold wide-ranging and provocative this work
of big history integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about
human evolution: our thoughts our actions our heritage…and our future. This tenth anniversary
edition is an invitation to explore the story of us: a brief history of humankind that
challenges everything we thought we knew about being human. The Three Great Revolutions:
Discover how the Cognitive Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions shaped not just our
societies and empires but our very biology and psychology. The Power of Shared Myths:
Understand how Homo sapiens used its unique ability to believe in collective fictions—like gods
nations money and human rights—to cooperate by the millions and build civilizations. An
Animal of No Significance: Trace our journey from an unremarkable ape to the masters of the
planet and ask the question: Did we become happier along the way? The Future of Sapiens: Look
ahead to the radical new frontiers of the twenty-first century as we use biotechnology and
artificial intelligence to upgrade ourselves into something entirely new.
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