Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

Evolution thus favoured those capable of forming strong social ties.

Fire not only changed food’s chemistry, it changed its biology as well.

By shortening the intestines and decreasing their energy consumption, cooking inadvertently opened the way to the jumbo brains of Neanderthals and Sapiens.

Biological reality is not black and white.

Homo sapiens conquered the world thanks above all to its unique language.