美國官方版，全彩插圖。
一位著名歷史學家帶來了一部開創性的人類起源與演化史——一部國際暢銷書——探討了生物學和歷史如何塑造了我們，並加深了我們對「人」的理解。
十萬年前，地球上至少有六種不同的人類。然而如今，只剩下一種──智人。其他物種都去哪了？我們又將何去何從？
大多數關於人類歷史的書籍要么採用歷史學方法，要么採用生物學方法，但尤瓦爾·赫拉利博士打破了這種模式，以這部極具原創性的大史著作，從大約七萬年前現代認知能力的出現開始，講述了人類的起源和進化。從探討人類進化在全球生態系統中扮演的角色，到描繪帝國的崛起，《人類簡史》融合了歷史與科學，重新審視既有的敘事，將過往的發展與當下的關切聯繫起來，並在更宏大的理念背景下審視具體事件。
哈拉里博士也促使我們展望未來，因為在過去的幾十年裡，人類已經開始改變支配生命長達四十億年的自然選擇法則。我們正在獲得塑造自身乃至周遭世界的能力。這將把我們引向何方？我們又想成為什麼樣的人？
這部引人深思、發人深省的世界歷史圖文小說，包含27幅照片、6幅地圖和25幅插圖/圖表，必將引發熱烈的討論，也是賈雷德·戴蒙德、詹姆斯·格雷克、馬特·里德利、羅伯特·賴特和莎倫·莫阿萊姆等作家的忠實讀者必讀之作。
這本圖文並茂的著作生動地展現了哈拉里博士的開創性分析，探討了關於我們物種的幾個最根本的問題：
人類進化：回顧地球上曾經存在過的其他人類物種，並探究為何只有智人最終存活下來。
認知革命：回到7萬年前，探索改變一切的時刻，我們的祖先開始以全新的方式思考，並大規模地開展合作。
生物學與歷史的交會：一種獨特的視角，將科學與歷史融為一體，挑戰你對我們共同過去的認知。
人類的未來：以引人深思的視角展望未來，探討我們物種如何開始改變自然選擇的規律，以及這可能對我們的未來意味著什麼。
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