Sapiens

How do you tell the entire history of humanity in a single book? Whatever you do, do not open a browser window.

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Sources:

• AResponse to Yuval Harari
• YuvalNoah Harari’s History of Everyone, Ever
• HowHumankind Conquered the World
• Therevolution that wasn't
• AdvancesIn The Study Of The Origin Of Humanness
• 21Lessons for the 21st Century is a banal and risible self-help book
• AreHuman Rights Western?
• Bonaparte in Egypt
• Ship of Fools
• TheDangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari
• A Reductionist History of Humankind
• Harari,Sapiens and historical accuracy
• TheBroad Spectrum Revolution at 40
• TheNeolithic Revolution in the Middle East
• Wasthe Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake?
• The Darker Side of the "Original Affluent Society"
• Harari'sworld history
• Compassionwith Justice: Harari’s Assault on Human Rights
• Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition

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