Sapiens

70,000 years ago at least six species of humans inhabited Earth. Today there is only one left, ours: Homo Sapiens. How did our species prevail in the struggle for existence? Why did our gathering ancestors unite to create cities and kingdoms? How do we come to believe in gods, nations, or human rights; to trust money, books or laws? How do we end up subjected to bureaucracy, schedules and consumerism? And what will the world be like in the millennia to come? In Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari traces a brief history of humanity, from the first humans who walked on Earth to the radical and sometimes devastating advances of the three great revolutions that our species has led: the cognitive, the agricultural and the scientific. Drawing on findings from disciplines as diverse as biology, anthropology, or economics, Harari explores how the great currents of history have shaped our society, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we gained in happiness as the story has progressed? Will we ever be able to free our behavior from the inheritance of the past? Can we do something to influence future centuries?