Discover how wheat took over the world, how war, famine, disease and inequality became a part of the human condition, and why we might only have ourselves to blame. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. In The Pillars of Civilization, Yuval Noah Harari and his companions including Prof. But why didn’t they get a better life in return? When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder.
If you want to know why we are all trapped inside the dreams of dead people - read this book.Discover the second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari’s multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon. Sapiens: A Graphic History is a radical, and radically fun, retelling of the story of humankind, bursting with wit, humor, and colorful characters. The extinction of the mammoths and saber-toothed tigers is retold as a "whodunit" movie.
The first encounter between Sapiens and Neanderthals is explored through the masterpieces of modern art. Human evolution is reimagined as a tacky reality TV show. The graphic format offers readers a new intellectual and artistic exploration of the past.
Fiction, and Detective Lopez, you are invited to take a ride on the wild side of history. With Yuval Noah Harari as your guide, and accompanied by characters like Prehistoric Bill, Dr. Sapiens: A Graphic History, The Birth of Humankind 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 of life. How can we see the big picture without getting caught up in an infinity of little details? One way is to step back, to look at the really big picture: the entire history of the human species. In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. Volume one of the epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's internationally bestselling phenomenon
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