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24 alternatives to Before the dawn

Recovering the lost history of our ancestors

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Before the dawn launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Gene▲64

   An Intimate History

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Light▲58

   A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bone Rooms▲73

   From scientific racism to human prehistory in museums

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Workers▲65

   Archaeology of the Industrial Age

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

   A magnificent history of the gene

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Muqaddimah▲56

   An introduction to history

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The End of Absence▲82

   Reclaiming what we've lost in a world of constant connection

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Old Way▲77

   A story of the first people

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Origin of Species▲81

    Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    But What If We're Wrong?▲62

    Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Silent History▲60

    The story of a generation of unusual children

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Brothers▲71

    The hidden history of the Kennedy years

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    We the People▲63

    The second generation of Founding Fathers

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Waking Up▲71

    A guide to spirituality without religion

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A Life Decoded▲67

    My genome: My life

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Homo Deus▲105

    A Brief History of Tomorrow

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    East of Eden▲61

    The intertwined destinies of two families

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hope in the Dark▲5

    Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Red Mars▲74

    A future history of Martian colonization

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Shape of Time▲62

    Remarks on the history of things

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Book of Disquiet▲61

    A haunting mosaic of dreams

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Drawing On Our History▲60

    An anatomical view of the world I was born into.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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