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De Animales a Dioses

De Animales a Dioses

Breve Historia de la Humanidad

by Yuval Noah Harari and Yuval Harari
Hardback
Publication Date: 03/03/2015

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Hace 100.000 anos al menos seis especies de humanos habitaban la Tierra. Hoy solo queda una, la nuestra: Homo sapiens. Como logro nuestra especie imponerse en la lucha por la existencia? Por que nuestros ancestros recolectores se unieron para crear ciudades y reinos? Como llegamos a creer en dioses, en naciones o en los derechos humanos; a confiar en el dinero, en los libros o en las leyes? Como acabamos sometidos a la burocracia, a los horarios y al consumismo? Y como sera el mundo en los milenios venideros? En De animales a dioses Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia de la humanidad, desde los primeros humanos que caminaron sobre la Tierra hasta los radicales y a veces devastadores avances de las tres grandes revoluciones que nuestra especie ha protagonizado: la cognitiva, la agricola y la cientifica. A partir de hallazgos de disciplinas tan diversas como la biologia, la antropologia, la paleontologia o la economia, Harari explora como las grandes corrientes de la historia han modelado nuestra sociedad, los animales y las plantas que nos rodean e incluso nuestras personalidades. Hemos ganado en felicidad a medida que ha avanzado la historia? Seremos capaces de liberar alguna vez nuestra conducta de la herencia del pasado? Podemos hacer algo para influir en los siglos futuros? Audaz, ambicioso y provocador, este libro cuestiona todo lo que creiamos saber sobre el ser humano: nuestros origenes, nuestras ideas, nuestras acciones, nuestro poder... y nuestro futuro. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas. Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become? Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.
ISBN:
9788499924212
9788499924212
Category:
General & world history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
03-03-2015
Language:
Spanish
Publisher:
Random House Espanol
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
235.46x160.27x37.85mm
Weight:
0.74kg
Yuval Noah Harari

Dr Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in over forty-five languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback.

His follow-up to Sapiens, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as ‘even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens’.

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