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

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

<strong>*NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*<br /><br />“Witty and entertaining."-Sarah Knight<br /><br />“Laugh-out-loud."-Steve Brusatte<br /><br />AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F*CK-UPS OF HUMAN HISTORY</strong><br /><br />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.<br /><br />Weaving together history, science, politics and pop culture, <em>Humans</em> 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, <em>Humans</em> 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.