A brief presentation of a brief history of humankind 1. Dr yuval noah harari has a phd in history from the university of oxford and now lectures at the hebrew university of jerusalem, specialising in world history. In sapiens, professor yuval noah harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radicaluand sometimes devastatingubreakthroughs of the cognitive, agricultural, and scientific revolutions. It was a sunday times number one bestseller and was in the top ten for over nine months in paperback. Historys biggest fraud building pyramids memory overload there is no justice in history part 3.
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In sapiens, dr yuval noah harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. It begins in the earliest stages of evolution and ends at the present day with some broad predictions for humanitys future. A brief history of humankind by yuval noah harari on the list. A brief history of humankind harari, yuval noah isbn. Mar, 2015 in sapiens, yuval noah harari explains his theory of how we humans became the people we are. Sapiens is packed with heretical thinking and surprising facts. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A brief history of humankind hebrew university of jerusalem via coursera 41 1. The book surveys the history of humankind from the evolution of archaic human species in the stone age up to the twentyfirst century, focusing on homo sapiens.
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