Chapter Overview

Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Though not the first humans, Homo sapiens supplanted every other human species worldwide in the end.
Chapter 3: The Cognitive Revolution gave Homo sapiens mental and linguistic abilities that enabled them to dominate the entire world.
Chapter 4: A capacity for complex language gave Homo sapiens key advantages, helping them expand widely and prosper.
Chapter 5: In the Agricultural Revolution, humans shifted from foraging to farming, triggering explosive growth in population overall.
Chapter 6: To make trade work across large communities, humans created money and writing systems.
Chapter 7: The rise of empires and religion steered humanity toward a path of global unification.
Chapter 8: The Scientific Revolution modernized humanity, opening paths to new technologies, imperialism, and accelerated economic growth.
Chapter 9: Our global society, anchored by faith in capitalism’s power, remains a lasting legacy of far-reaching European imperialism today.
Chapter 10: Humanity has never been more peaceful than in these globalized times.
Chapter 11: History is not inherently good or bad, and its twists largely matter little to our individual happiness overall.
Chapter 12: In time, Homo sapiens will surpass biological limits, ultimately transforming itself into a wholly new species entirely.

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Sapiens (2015) traces the evolution of our species – from the rise of our most ancient ancestors to our current place in the modern, technological age. How have we, a species of hairless, tailless ape, managed to completely dominate the entire planet? These blinks show you the developments and trends that have allowed Homo sapiens to rise to the top.

About the Authors

Yuval Noah Harari works as a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and specializes in world and military history. Sapiens is his first international best seller; it has been translated into over 60 languages.

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Chapter Overview

Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation

Chapter 2: Though not the first humans, Homo sapiens supplanted every other human species worldwide in the end.

Chapter 3: The Cognitive Revolution gave Homo sapiens mental and linguistic abilities that enabled them to dominate the entire world.

Chapter 4: A capacity for complex language gave Homo sapiens key advantages, helping them expand widely and prosper.

Chapter 5: In the Agricultural Revolution, humans shifted from foraging to farming, triggering explosive growth in population overall.

Chapter 6: To make trade work across large communities, humans created money and writing systems.

Chapter 7: The rise of empires and religion steered humanity toward a path of global unification.

Chapter 8: The Scientific Revolution modernized humanity, opening paths to new technologies, imperialism, and accelerated economic growth.

Chapter 9: Our global society, anchored by faith in capitalism’s power, remains a lasting legacy of far-reaching European imperialism today.

Chapter 10: Humanity has never been more peaceful than in these globalized times.

Chapter 11: History is not inherently good or bad, and its twists largely matter little to our individual happiness overall.

Chapter 12: In time, Homo sapiens will surpass biological limits, ultimately transforming itself into a wholly new species entirely.

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