100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? In Sapiens, Dr Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical âe" and sometimes devastating âe" breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, palaeontology and economics, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behaviour from the heritage of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power ... and our future. 'Here is a simple reason why Sapiens has risen explosively to the ranks of an international bestseller. It tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language. You will love it!' - Jared Diamond

10万年前，至少有六个人类物种居住在地球上。今天，只有一个。我们。智人（Homo sapiens）。我们的物种是如何在争夺统治地位的战斗中取得成功的？为什么我们觅食的祖先会聚在一起创建城市和王国？我们怎么会相信神灵、国家和人权；相信金钱、书籍和法律；并被官僚主义、时间表和消费主义所奴役？在未来的几千年里，我们的世界又会是什么样子呢？在《智人》中，尤瓦尔-诺亚-哈拉里博士跨越了整个人类历史，从最早的人类在地球上行走到认知革命、农业革命和科学革命的根本性突破，有时甚至是毁灭性的突破。他从生物学、人类学、古生物学和经济学的角度出发，探讨了历史的潮流如何塑造了我们的人类社会、我们周围的动物和植物，甚至是我们的个性。随着历史的发展，我们是否变得更加幸福？我们能否将我们的行为从我们祖先的遗产中解放出来？如果有的话，我们又能做些什么来影响未来几个世纪的进程呢？大胆的、广泛的和挑衅性的，《智人》挑战了我们所认为的关于人类的一切：我们的思想、我们的行动、我们的力量......以及我们的未来。这里有一个简单的原因，即为什么《智人》能爆炸性地上升到国际畅销书的行列。它解决了历史和现代世界的最大问题，并以难以忘怀的生动语言写成。你会喜欢它的！- 贾里德-戴蒙德