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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 problem is in our information. ...Why is it that the quality of ou — Yuval Noah Harari
"The problem is in our information. ...Why is it that the quality of our information did not improve over thousands of years..? Why is it that... societies ...have been as susceptible as Stone Age tribes to mass delusion.., psychosis, and the rise of destructive ideologies like Stalinism and Nazism?"
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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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