Discovery and Control of Fire: The use of fire is considered a major turning point in the evolutionary history of the Homo genus. Although Homo Sapiens were not the first to use fire—credit for that goes to earlier species such as Homo erectus, who began using fire around 1.5 million […]

Large Brain and Complex Brain Structure: Homo Sapiens possessed a larger brain than most other human species, with an average volume of about 1,350 cm³. However, brain size alone was not the key factor—Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals), for instance, had brains that were comparable in size, or even slightly larger. The […]

The Evolutionary Background of Humankind: Around 2.5 million years ago, species belonging to the genus Homo (humans) began to appear in East Africa. Homo Sapiens, our species, was just one among many human species that existed, such as Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals), Homo erectus, Homo denisova, and others. Harari describes early […]

Part 1: The Cognitive Revolution Chapter 1: An Insignificant Animal Chapter 2: The Tree of Knowledge Chapter 3: A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve Chapter 4: The Great Flood Part 2: The Agricultural Revolution Chapter 5: History’s Biggest Fraud Chapter 6: Building Pyramids Chapter 7: Memory Overload […]