Sapiens by Yuval Harari, is a good intro to some aspects of this. I would then go to books on Civilizations, and history of Civilizations (after having a solid

Sapiens by Yuval Harari, is a good intro to some aspects of this. I would then go to books on Civilizations, and history of Civilizations (after having a solid a history background to reference events across time). I think this starts building a big picture of the evolution of humans into the modern world.