BEING HUMAN

Illuminating TIM MARSHALL Refreshing THOMAS HALLIDAYA mind expanding revolutionary journey across time that shows how our biology has determined human history for the first time This book will change how you see the world We re a wonder of evolution capable of incredible feats But we re also deeply flawed Our bodies and minds often break fail and hinder us To be human is to live with this extraordinary contradiction So to understand the course humanity has taken from prehistoric times through the age of empire and into the modern era we must understand who and what we are Being Human is history made flesh From the epidemic that brought Europe s peasants freedom to the health deficiency which gave rise to the world s largest criminal organisation to the cognitive biases that led to military catastrophes in Crimea and Iraq we see how our unique nature shaped our relationships economies and societies and importantly how it continues to impact human progress today This book is quite literally wonderful ED CONWAY A wild ride TIM HARFORD A gripping red blooded narrative from a master storyteller JO MARCHANT