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"Just 6 million years ago, a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother."
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Yuval Noah HarariThe earliest Sumerian writing was a partial... script. Full script is — Yuval Noah Harari
"The earliest Sumerian writing was a partial... script. Full script is a system of material signs that can represent spoken language... everything people... say, including poetry. Partial script... can represent only particular... information... [in] a limited field of activity."
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Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari
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Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He is a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. His other works include the bestsellers Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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"When humans domesticated fire, they gained control of an obedient and potentially limitless force."
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"Some human species may have made occasional use of fire as early as 800,000 years ago. By about 300,000 years ago, Homo erctus, Neanderthals and the forefathers of Homo sapiens were using fire on a daily basis."
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"The settlers of Australia, or more accurately, its conquerors, didnt just adapt. They transformed the Australian ecosystem beyond recognition."
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"Throughout history, males have been willing to risk and even sacrifice their lives, just so that people will say, He is a real man!"
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"The domesticated chicken is the most widespread fowl ever."
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