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I recommend anyone who's interested in early humans and human development to read the book Sapiens: https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/d

• johnnycerberus 6y ago
  If you are into biased, opinionated history, then Harari is the way to go.
  • ddalex 6y ago
    you can't make a good omlette without breaking a few eggs... Harari's books are decent entertrainment and popular science, nobody pretends them to be Nature-worthy articles
    • johnnycerberus 6y ago
      Ok, I won't start a rant here on Hacker News, the night's too good for rants, I will only say this, one chapter into Harari’s 2015 "smash hit" Homo Deus and you will be grateful that you've just learned pandemics are a thing of the past. five years later
  • Moodles 6y ago
    I understand and agree that the author adds his own $0.02 here and there. But you don't have to agree with every word in the book to think it provides value. I think the book functions as an easy read high level overview of human history, particularly the early chapters. Who do you recommend instead?
    • johnnycerberus 6y ago
      Dominion by Tom Holland, actually everything by this author The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
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