Sapiens: a brief history of humankind

Timeline of history

Part One. The cognitive revolution. An animal of no significance

The tree of knowledge

A day in the life of Adam and Eve

The flood

Part Two. The agricultural revolution. History's biggest fraud

Building pyramids

Memory overload

There is no justice in history

Part Three. The unification of humankind. The arrow of history

The scent of money

Imperial visions

The law of religion

The secret of success

Part Four. The scientific revolution. The discovery of ignorance

The marriage of science and empire

The capitalist creed

The wheels of industry

A permanent revolution

And they lived happily ever after

The end of Homo sapiens

Afterword: The animal that became a god.