Jan. 14—Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" is one of those books that either reveals something new in almost every sentence or confirms something you thought you might know.

Mark Zuckerberg’s 12th pick for his Year of Books is Yuval Noah Harari’s catalogue of the rise of humankind, Sapiens. Humans are petty, selfish, brutal, and ambitious; we’re generous, foolish, ...

Humans beings developed language, anthropologists tell us, tens of thousands of years ago. Presumably the first spoken utterance was something practical, like “Lions are attacking!” or “Your hair is ...

Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari gives a talk at Love Tomorrow Conference on sustainable development, Thursday 28 July 2022 (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images) Sapiens by ...

Does the rise of artificial intelligence mean the decline—and even end—of Homo sapiens? That’s the question we posed to author, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, who sees the potential for ...