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Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up

Written by: Tom Phillips
Narrated by: Nish Kumar
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Modern humans have come a long way in the seventy thousand years they’ve walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade—on the evolutionary food chain, we’re true winners. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, and sometimes—just occasionally—we’ve managed to truly f*ck things up.

Weaving together history, science, politics and pop culture, Humans offers a panoramic exploration of humankind in all its glory, or lack thereof. From Lucy, our first ancestor, who fell out of a tree and died, to General Zhou Shou of China, who stored gunpowder in his palace before a lantern festival, to the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the most spectacular fails of the present day, Humans reveals how even the most mundane mistakes can shift the course of civilization as we know it. Lively, wry and brimming with brilliant insight, this unique compendium offers a fresh take on world history and is one of the most entertaining reads of the year. Science Social Sciences World Funny Mathematics
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History repeats itself, and it looks like it will again.
They say, if you continue to do the same thing over and over again expecting different results...well you know the rest, or do we?😸😹😹

Couldn't stop listening and laughing!

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the audible book helps uplift the reading experience since its research on research. The epilogue was the amazing. Overall, it is an great read if you want to learn about the world.

the research was excellent

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It's a wonder we've made it this far. And makes you wonder how much further.

Fascinating, brilliant, depressing and scary

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The book was informative and humorous at times. Makes you think. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn about our weird history and have more insight about our dumbasses. 8.5/10

Informative, humorous

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The book is filled with information. The information is interesting. The author style it’s heavily influenced by class English culture And the humour is definitely reminiscent of Monty Python. However, my problem with the book is the authors conclusion. Farming may have caused problems and altered society. However, it did provide progress. You can’t ignore all of the benefits and only talk about the downside of everything in my humble opinion. Humans have a natural tendency at least the ones who are going to advance society to reach out and grab what’s on the next limb. And yes, sometimes it means that we do fall out of the tree, however if humans had remained up trees that author and every other author in human history, probably wouldn’t be writing books.

The irreverence

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