**Over 1 million copies sold** **TheSunday Times #1 bestseller** FIRE gave us power

FARMING made us hungry for more

MONEY gave us purpose

SCIENCE made us deadly

This is the thrilling account of our extraordinary history from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.

Dr Yuval Noah Hararihas a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History.Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankindhas become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It was aSunday TimesNumber One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up toSapiens,Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrowwas also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by theGuardianas even more readable, even more important, than his excellentSapiens.