Sapiens Book
The historical account of human development and civilization found in Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens explores how humans came to dominate the planet and formed its civilizations, economics, and cultures.
According to Harari, the primary reason why humans became the dominant species on Earth was because they were the only animals capable of flexible mass cooperation. He contends that the extinction of many other megafauna species as well as other human species, including the Neanderthals, was mostly caused by prehistoric Sapiens.
Sapiens Book by Yuval Noah Harari – Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Timeline of History
- Part One The Cognitive Revolution
- An Animal of No Significance
- The Tree of Knowledge
- A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve
- The Flood
- Part Two The Agricultural Revolution
- History’s Biggest Fraud
- Building Pyramids
- Memory Overload
- There is No Justice in History
- Part Three The Unification of Humankind
- The Arrow of History
- The Scent of Money
- Imperial Visions
- The Law of Religion
- The Secret of Success
- Part Four The Scientific Revolution
- The Discovery of Ignorance
- The Marriage of Science and Empire
- The Capitalist Creed
- The Wheels of Industry
- A Permanent Revolution
- And They Lived Happily Ever After
- The End of Homo Sapiens
- Afterword:
- The Animal that Became a God
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Image credits