Sapiens

Official US edition with full color illustrations throughout1 New York Times Bestseller The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg now available as a beautifully packaged paperbackFrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity s creation and evolutiona 1 international bestsellerthat explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be humanOne hundred thousand years ago at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth Yet today there is only onehomo sapiens What happened to the others And what may happen to usMost 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 autêntico book that begins about 70000 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 ideasDr 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 becomeFeaturing 27 photographs 6 maps and 25 illustrationsdiagrams 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