Years after the publication of this book — which turned its author into a global phenomenon — there is still pending doubt about the intellectual rigor of the work by Yuval Noah Harari
His theory that homo sapiens and only homo sapiens suddenly developed language 70,000 years ago has no supporting evidence. And his assertion that civilized farmers were worse off than nomadic hunters is questionable at best.
His theory that homo sapiens and only homo sapiens suddenly developed language 70,000 years ago has no supporting evidence. And his assertion that civilized farmers were worse off than nomadic hunters is questionable at best.