Book Review

1. SAPIENS FOR ALL
17BCL023 – Hardik Bhanusahli
17BCL051 – Amar Palod
17BCL080 – Prit Kakadia
17BCL111 – Nakshi Teli
17BCL138D – Pavan Kantaria

2. RUBRIC
• “YOU COULD NEVER CONVINCE A MONKEY TO GIVE YOU A BANANA BY
PROMISING HIM LIMITLESS BANANAS AFTER DEATH IN MONKEY HEAVEN” .
• SAPIENS is a guide to becoming an expert on the entire history of the human race
as it reviews everything our species has been through from ancient ancestors to our
dominating place in the world today.
• "HISTORY IS SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING WHILE
EVERYONE ELSE WAS PLOUGHING FIELDS AND CARRYING WATER BUCKETS”

3. INTRODUCTION
• Sapiens presents a work on the evolution of humanity. In it, the author Yuval Noah
Harari rewrites the history of the human being through time. Turning to striking
facts such as the development of communication: The cognitive revolution, The
agricultural revolution, The scientific revolution. The book addresses the central
points of our Evolution and Explores the Positive and Negative points of these
developments. Also, Sapiens also addresses the future of humanity, where these
revolutions will lead man and what we will become.

4. • Here are the 3 most interesting lessons this book teaches about our species:
• 1. The ability to think gave early humans language, which eventually led to agricultural
advances allowing them to grow exponentially. Homo sapiens had some distinct advantages
that let them get ahead of other human species on earth. Most importantly are the
differences in humans brains. These began with the Cognitive Revolution around 70,000
years ago. This was a time when mental development rose relatively suddenly, setting our
ancient ancestors apart.
• 2. Improvements in trade were only possible with the invention of money and writing. With
agriculture, humans became more efficient with their time and energy. This let some people
begin doing other work like weaving or blacksmithing. These individuals would then trade or
barter with farmers, exchanging their goods for food. While this new system was better, it
quickly became inefficient.
• 3. With better Economic and Communication means, Scientific Progress gave our race the
abilities necessary to get to where we are today. Now that they had efficient food, trading,
and writing methods, our ancestors could begin thinking more. This led to a scientific
revolution with many people considering ways to improve their way of life.

5. SUMMARY
• 1 : Although not the first humans, Homo sapiens came to replace all other human
species on Earth.
• 2 : With the Cognitive Revolution, Homo sapiens acquired thinking and
Communication Skills that allowed them to conquer the globe.
• 3 : The capacity for complex language gave Homo sapiens great advantages,
allowing them to spread and thrive.
• 4 : During the Agricultural Revolution, humans transformed from foragers into
farmers, which led to exponential population growth.
• 5 : In order to facilitate trade in large communities, humans invented money and
writing.

6. 6 : The emergence of empires and religion pushed humankind in the direction of global unification.
7 : The scientific revolution modernized humanity, paving the way for new technologies, imperialism
and economic growth.
8 : Today’s global society, with its central belief in the power of capitalism, is a legacy of European
imperialism.
9 : Humankind has never been more peaceful than in our globalized times.
10 : History is neither good nor bad, and its twists and turns are largely irrelevant to our subjective
happiness.
11 : In the future, Homo sapiens will transcend biological limits, eventually replacing itself with an
entire new species.

7. THE END