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    Sapiens: by Yuval Noah Harari | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: by Yuval Noah Harari | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: by Yuval Noah Harari | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review: A Brief History of Humankind
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    Sapiens: by Yuval Noah Harari | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review

    Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is a multifaceted review and analysis of the current understanding of human evolution and the forces behind major historical developments, beginning with the Neanderthals and other Homo species to Homo sapiens, leading up to the present day, and projecting what might happen in the future…

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateAug 5, 2015
    ISBN9781943427604
    Sapiens: by Yuval Noah Harari | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review: A Brief History of Humankind
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    With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

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      OVERVIEW

      Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is a multifaceted review and analysis of the current understanding of human evolution and the forces behind major historical developments, beginning with the Neanderthals and other Homo species to Homo sapiens, leading up to the present day, and projecting what might happen in the future.

      When the first genetically identifiable H. sapiens appeared about 200,000 years ago, they, and other species of humans, lived much like other animals at the middle of the food chain, scavenging remains of prey killed by top predators. But then 70,000 years ago, H. sapiens developed a mental or social advantage, the Cognitive Revolution, over other human species, spreading to almost every continent of the world, and either eliminated or interbred with the remaining non-H. sapiens, such as Neanderthals.

      H. sapiens prior to the Agricultural Revolution lived as hunter-gatherers with few possessions. The domestication of wheat reduced the quality of life for the average human because it was less nutritionally diverse as the hunter-gatherer diet, but it allowed for massive population growth. Elite classes developed of people who lived off agricultural surplus but did not work the land. Inter-subjective beliefs about law, justice, currency, and religion appeared 5,000 years ago as people sought ways to cooperate in large groups of strangers. The first written

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