Sapiens Terms

Around 12,000 years ago, nomadic foraging humans began harvesting crops, a movement known as the Agricultural Revolution. This shift from foraging to farming completely changed the face of the Earth: humans began forming permanent settlements… read analysis of Agricultural Revolution

Harari thinks that humanity’s ancestors, Homo sapiens, evolved a unique ability to imagine and believe things that aren’t true around 70,000 years ago, a time known as the Cognitive Revolution. He argues that this… read analysis of Cognitive Revolution

Harari thinks that around 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens (the human species that became humanity’s ancestors) evolved a unique ability to imagine and believe things that aren’t true, including myths, stories, legends, religions, ideologies, and… read analysis of Imagined Order

The Industrial Revolution refers to the time when, around 300 years ago, humans discovered that they could burn fuel to heat water, which creates steam, which can physically move things—like pistons, wheels, and turbines. This… read analysis of Industrial Revolution