Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr.
What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Yet today there is only one-homo sapiens. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth.
A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerbergįrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution-a #1 international bestseller-that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”