Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari, Reviewed.

Subtitled, ‘A Brief History of Humankind’, ‘Sapiens’ is a work of extraordinary scholarship presented in very readable form. There’s a great deal of humour here, carrying the message. The whole text is readily accessible without any dumbing down.

Thought-provoking, mind-enhancing, terrifying, encouraging and illuminating, this piece of work encompasses many disciplines. It examines human endeavour and attempts, very successfully, to explain what we, Homo Sapiens, are, were, and may become. T...