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To critically synthesize and evaluate the macrohistorical framework of human cognitive, cultural, and ecological evolution presented in Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens.

March 1, 2017Utopian Studies

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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To critically synthesize and evaluate the macrohistorical framework of human cognitive, cultural, and ecological evolution presented in Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens.
Analyzed interdisciplinary anthropological, archaeological, and evolutionary literature spanning hominid history across the Afro-Eurasian landmass.
Evaluated the core conceptual transitions of human history: the Cognitive Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Scientific Revolution.
Identified the Cognitive Revolution (~70,000 years ago) and the emergence of fictive language as the primary catalyst allowing human cooperation to exceed the baseline 150-member tribal limit.
Highlighted how rapid transitions to agriculture and industrialization created hierarchical structures, severe biodiversity loss, and an evolutionary mismatch with Paleolithic human psychology.

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Critical review demonstrates the evolutionary drivers of dominance in Homo sapiens, suggesting modern societal alienation stems from ancient psychological mismatch.

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John R. Pfeiffer (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0e29991d0a44496ac82fc3 https://doi.org/10.5325/utopianstudies.28.1.0214

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Critical review demonstrates the evolutionary drivers of dominance in Homo sapiens, suggesting modern societal alienation stems from ancient psychological mismatch.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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