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"From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most...
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[2019]
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The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species
If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper...
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30 days by K Larsen// The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force novel by James Rollins// Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner// Aijlan: The Silk Revolution (The Lords of Misrule book 1) by Andy Graham// The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott// The American Heiress by Dorothy Eden// Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key by S l Morgan// Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog// Armed and...
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30 days by K Larsen// The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force novel by James Rollins// Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner// Aijlan: The Silk Revolution (The Lords of Misrule book 1) by Andy Graham// The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott// The American Heiress by Dorothy Eden// Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key by S l Morgan// Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog// Armed and...
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2020.
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One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding...
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2020-
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"In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. How can we see the big picture without getting caught up in the infinity of little details? One way is to step back, to look at the really big picture: the entire history of the human species. Sapiens: a graphic history is the story of how an insignificant ape became the ruler of planet Earth, capable of splitting the atom, flying to the moon, and manipulating the genetic code."--Description...
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2021.
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This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution—when humans fell into a trap we’ve yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns.
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Sapiens A Graphic History volume 2
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[2021].
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In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and...
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