Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World

by Yuval Noah Harari

Once they started cooking, that all changed: humans could spend far less energy chewing and digesting and had more energy to feed big brains. Their stomachs shrank, their brains grew, and people got smarter.

In science, saying “I don’t know” is especially important.

So this is how our ancestors conquered the world: with stories.