Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a bestselling popular science book by Yuval Noah Harari that explores the history and impact of Homo sapiens from prehistoric times to the modern era.
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| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11706975 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Context triple: [British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year, notableWinner, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]
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A.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
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B.
Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution
"Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution" is a popular science book by physical anthropologist William W. Howells that explains the fossil, genetic, and cultural evidence for the evolutionary origins and development of modern humans.
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C.
The Third Chimpanzee
The Third Chimpanzee is a popular science book by Jared Diamond that explores human evolution and behavior by comparing Homo sapiens to our closest primate relatives.
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D.
Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, using extensive data, that human life has been steadily improving thanks to Enlightenment values such as reason, science, and humanism.
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E.
Fuzzy Sapiens
Fuzzy Sapiens is a science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper that continues the story of the small, intelligent alien "Fuzzies" and their struggle for recognition as sentient beings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Target entity description: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a bestselling popular science book by Yuval Noah Harari that explores the history and impact of Homo sapiens from prehistoric times to the modern era.
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A.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
-
B.
Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution
"Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution" is a popular science book by physical anthropologist William W. Howells that explains the fossil, genetic, and cultural evidence for the evolutionary origins and development of modern humans.
-
C.
The Third Chimpanzee
The Third Chimpanzee is a popular science book by Jared Diamond that explores human evolution and behavior by comparing Homo sapiens to our closest primate relatives.
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D.
Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, using extensive data, that human life has been steadily improving thanks to Enlightenment values such as reason, science, and humanism.
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E.
Fuzzy Sapiens
Fuzzy Sapiens is a science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper that continues the story of the small, intelligent alien "Fuzzies" and their struggle for recognition as sentient beings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history book
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non-fiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| adaptation | graphic novel adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Yuval Noah Harari ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | international bestseller ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized by some historians and scientists for oversimplification ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Israel ⓘ |
| englishEditionPublicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | Hebrew edition ⓘ |
| followedBy |
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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popular science ⓘ world history ⓘ |
| graphicNovelSeriesTitle | Sapiens: A Graphic History ⓘ |
| isbnExample | 9780099590088 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
agriculture as history’s biggest fraud
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cognitive revolution as key to human dominance ⓘ humanism as modern religion ⓘ imagined orders ⓘ intersubjective reality ⓘ money as a universal trust system ⓘ |
| notableReception | widely discussed in academic and popular circles ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| partTitle |
The Agricultural Revolution
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linked to:
Neolithic Revolution
The Cognitive Revolution ⓘ The Scientific Revolution ⓘ
linked to:
Scientific Revolution
The Unification of Humankind ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harper
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Harvill Secker ⓘ
linked to:
The Harvill Press
Vintage Books ⓘ |
| structure | four parts ⓘ |
| subject |
Homo sapiens
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agricultural revolution ⓘ capitalism ⓘ cognitive revolution ⓘ future of humanity ⓘ globalization ⓘ human evolution ⓘ humanism ⓘ imperialism ⓘ industrial revolution ⓘ scientific revolution ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme |
history of human cooperation
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impact of Homo sapiens on other species ⓘ meaning and happiness in human history ⓘ relationship between biology and culture ⓘ technological progress and its consequences ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | from prehistoric times to the 21st century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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