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“Sapiens tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language.” (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World until Yesterday)

“Sapiens takes readers on a sweeping tour of the history of our species…. Harari’s formidable intellect sheds light on the biggest breakthroughs in the human story…important reading for serious-minded, self-reflective sapiens.” (Washington Post)

“Sapiens is learned, thought-provoking and crisply written…. Fascinating.” (Wall Street Journal)

“In Sapiens, Harari delves deep into our history as a species to help us understand who we are and what made us this way. An engrossing read.” (Dan Ariely, New York Times Bestselling author of Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty)

“Yuval Noah Harari’s celebrated Sapiens does for human evolution what Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time did for physics.… He does a superb job of outlining our slow emergence and eventual domination of the planet.” (Forbes)

“It is one of the best accounts by a Homo sapiens of the unlikely story of our violent, accomplished species.…It is one hell of a story. And it has seldom been told better…. Compulsively readable and impossibly learned.” (Michael Gerson, Washington Post)

“This was the most surprising and thought-provoking book I read this year.” (Atlantic.com)

“Yuval Noah Harari’s full-throated review of our species may have been blurbed by Jared Diamond, but Harari’s conclusions are at once balder and less tendentious than that of his famous colleague.” (New York magazine)

“This title is one of the exceptional works of nonfiction that is both highly intellectual and compulsively readable… a fascinating, hearty read.” (Library Journal (starred review))

“An encyclopedic approach from a well-versed scholar who is concise but eloquent, both skeptical and opinionated, and open enough to entertain competing points of view.…The great debates of history aired out with satisfying vigor.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“Writing with wit and verve, Harari…attempts to explain how Homo sapiens came to be the dominant species on Earth as well as the sole representative of the human genus.… Provocative and entertaining.” (Publishers Weekly)

“The most idea-packed work of non-fiction I’ve read in years.” (Dick Meyer, www.abcactionnews.com)

“In this sweeping look at the history of humans, Harari offers readers the chance to reconsider, well, everything, from a look at why Homo sapiens endured to a compelling discussion of how society organizes itself through fictions.” (Booklist Best Books of the Year)

“It’s not often that a book offers readers the possibility to reconsider, well, everything. But that’s what Harari does in this sweeping look at the history of humans.… Readers of every stripe should put this at the top of their reading lists. Thinking has never been so enjoyable.” (Booklist (starred review))

“The sort of book that sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain…. Harari…is an intellectual acrobat whose logical leaps will have you gasping with admiration.” (John Carey, Sunday Times (London))

“Harari’s account of how we conquered the Earth astonishes with its scope and imagination…. One of those rare books that lives up to the publisher’s blurb...brilliantly clear, witty and erudite.” (Ben Shepard, the Observer (London))

“An absorbing, provocative history of civilization…packed with heretical thinking and surprising facts. This riveting, myth-busting book cannot be summarised…you will simply have to read it.” (John Gray, Financial Times (London))

“Full of…high-perspective, shocking and wondrous stories, as well as strange theories and startling insights.” (Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times)

“Not only is Harari eloquent and humane, he is often wonderfully, mordantly funny” (The Independent (London))

“Engaging and informative…. Extremely interesting.” (Guardian (London))

“Harari can write…really, really write, with wit, clarity, elegance, and a wonderful eye for metaphor.” (The Times (Ireland))

인류의 창조와 진화에 대한 획기적인 이야기를 거시 역사 연구에서 명성을 높이고 있는 젊은 인류 역사학자를 통해 듣는다. 그는 생물학 및 역사학적으로 우리를 정의하고, '인류'가 가진 의미에 대한 우리의 이해를 증진시켜온 사례들을 살펴본다.

10만년 전, 지구상에는 최소한 여섯 개의 서로 다른 종족들이 살고 있었다. 하지만, 오늘날에는 하나의 종족만이 남아 있을 뿐이다―호모 사피엔스. 나머지 종족들에게는 무슨 일이 있었던 것일까? 그리고 우리에게는 어떤 일이 생길 수 있을까?

인류의 역사에 관한 대부분의 책들은 역사학적 접근이나 생물학적 접근 중 어느 한 쪽으로만 추구한다. 하지만, 유발 노아 하라리는 현대적 인지를 가지고, 7만년 전으로 거슬러 올라가는 대단히 독창적인 이 저서를 통해서 이러한 틀을 깬다. 지구 생태계 속에서 진화해 온 인류의 역할에서부터 거대 제국들의 출현에 대한 열거에 이르기까지, 『사피엔스』는 지금까지 인정되었던 서술들을 재고하면서, 현대적인 고찰과 과거의 발전을 연결하고, 그리고 큰 개념의 맥락내에서 특정한 사건을 검토하기 위해 역사와 과학을 통합한다.

하라리 박사는 인류의 앞을 내다보도록 유도한다. 왜냐하면 4억년 동안 인류의 삶을 지배해 온 자연도태의 법칙을 지난 수십 년 동안 우리는 거스르기 시작했기 때문이다. 우리는 주변의 세상 뿐만 아니라 스스로를 디자인할 수 있는 능력을 습득하고 있다. 이러한 능력은 우리를 어디로 이끌어 가고 있으며, 우리는 무엇이 되고자 함인가?
27장의 사진과 6장의 지도, 그리고 25개의 삽화 및 도표와 함께 구성된 도발적이면서도 통찰력있는 이 저서는 제리드 다이아몬드, 제임스 글릭, 매트 리들리, 로버트 라이트, 샤론 모알렘 등의 인류사적 이야기를 좋아하는 독자에게 필독서이자 불꽃 튀는 토론 소재가 될 것이다.

Critical Praise

"위트와 열정으로 하라리는 어떻게 호모 사피엔스가 지구상에서 지배적인 종(種)이 되었으며, 또한 유일하게 인류를 대표하게 되었는지를 설명하려고 한다. 그의 의도는 도발적이면서 재미있다."
- Publishers Weekly

"인류 진화에 대한 유발 노아 하라리의 『사피엔스』는 물리학에서 스티븐 호킹의 『시간의 역사』에 견줄 만한 저서이다. 지구 역사 속에서 서서히 등장하는 인류와 마침내 그 인류가 지구를 지배하게 된 과정을 훌륭하게 설명하고 있다.
- Forbes

"『사피엔스』는 독자들을 우리 인류 역사에 대한 광범위한 여행으로 이끌 것이다. 하라리의 엄청난 지적 탐구는 인류 역사에 대한 획기적인 고찰이 될 것이다. 또한 진지하고 자기 반성적인 '사피엔스'에게 중요한 책이 될 것이다.
- Washington Post

New York Times Bestseller

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.

New York Times Bestseller

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.