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Life & fun · January 24, 2016

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Uniquely breathtaking books that comes along very rarely.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind launched on January 24, 2016 with 13 votes, #2,069 of 4,520 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Professor Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens explains why human beings dominate the earth: Collective myths.

Yuval Noah Harari ‘s Sapiens is one of those uniquely breathtaking books that comes along very rarely. It’s broad, yet scientific. It’s written for a popular audience but never feels dumbed down. It’s new and fresh but not based on any brand new primary research. Near and dear to our heart, Sapiens is pure synthesis. An immediate influence that comes to mind is Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel , The Third Chimpanzee , and other broad-yet-scientific works with vast synthesis and explanatory power. And of course, Harari, a history professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has noted that key influence and what it means to how he works: (Harari)…from fs.blog

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