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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind

Harari, Yuval N.2014
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100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one - us. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? In 'Sapiens', Dr Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical - and sometimes devastating - breakthroughs of the cognitive, agricultural and scientific revolutions.
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Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2014.London : Harvill Secker, 2014.
Collation:
443 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Hebrew.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846558238 (hbk)9781448190690 (ePub ebook)1846558239
Dewey class:
599.9'09599.909599.9
Local class:
599.909
Language:
EnglishHebrew
BRN:
632569
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