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Human Evolution Books
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,258,448 ratings — published 2011
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,683 ratings — published 2006
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,072 ratings — published 2018
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.18 — 287,137 ratings — published 2015
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.04 — 456,984 ratings — published 1997
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.08 — 28,625 ratings — published 1991
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.04 — 28,801 ratings — published 2008
Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,589 ratings — published 2011
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,040 ratings — published 2016
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.05 — 17,312 ratings — published 1993
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.16 — 192,627 ratings — published 1976
Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,243 ratings — published 2013
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,336 ratings — published 2012
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,480 ratings — published 1977
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,437 ratings — published 2014
Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,060 ratings — published 2017
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.15 — 28,692 ratings — published 2004
The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,851 ratings — published 2009
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,578 ratings — published 2010
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.25 — 15,751 ratings — published 2023
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,697 ratings — published 2020
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.38 — 31,736 ratings — published 2017
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.26 — 8,856 ratings — published 2013
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,906 ratings — published 2021
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.28 — 958 ratings — published 2021
The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,766 ratings — published 2016
Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,135 ratings — published 2019
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.15 — 5,628 ratings — published 2013
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,864 ratings — published 1981
Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,834 ratings — published 2010
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.19 — 26,215 ratings — published 2021
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,211 ratings — published 2020
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,474 ratings — published 2019
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,405 ratings — published 2005
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,051 ratings — published 2012
The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,523 ratings — published 2013
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,550 ratings — published 2013
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,104 ratings — published 2009
The Humans Who Went Extinct: Why Neanderthals Died Out and We Survived (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.88 — 973 ratings — published 2009
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.97 — 31,650 ratings — published 2010
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,617 ratings — published 2002
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,628 ratings — published 2001
First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,283 ratings — published 2021
A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,926 ratings — published 2019
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,080 ratings — published 2018
The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.91 — 481 ratings — published 2013
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.94 — 74,640 ratings — published 2004
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.09 — 25,298 ratings — published 2002
The Origin Of Humankind (Science Masters Series)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,065 ratings — published 1981
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as human-evolution)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,996 ratings — published 1995
“ The morgue was the name the human workers gave to this room in the facility. They were careful not to utter it in front of the androids, for fear of offending them.”
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
“Human beings are a highly social species with a long evolution that makes us desire both autonomy and connection. We need to grow and express our individuality freely--and at the same time, feel like we have people to rely on to love us and have our backs.”
― Notes From Your Therapist
― Notes From Your Therapist
