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A tűz tett minket veszedelmessé. A pletyka együttműködővé. A mezőgazdaság még éhesebbé. A mitológia tartotta fenn a törvényt és a rendet. A pénz adott valamit, amiben mind bízhatunk. Az ellentmondások teremtették meg a kultúrát. A tudomány tett minket a
teremtés urává. De egyik sem tett boldoggá...
A világhírű jeruzsálemi egyetemi tanár szerint így foglalható össze annak története, ahogyan jelentéktelen majmokból a világ uraivá váltunk.

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 books
about the history of humanity pursue either a
historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about seventy thousand years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the
global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.Dr. Harari
also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also
ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?