Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari.

By: Harari, Yuval Noah, 1976- [author,, translator.]Contributor(s): Purcell, John [translator.] | Watzman, Haim [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew London : Vintage Books, [2014]©2014 Description: x, 498 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780099590088 (paperback)Other title: A brief history of humankindUniform titles: Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut. English Subject(s): Civilization -- History | Human beings -- History | World history | Chronology, HistoricalLOC classification: CB113.H4 H3713 2014Summary: 100,000 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 kindoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power... and our future.
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This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

100,000 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 kindoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power... and our future.