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Civilized to Death
by Christopher Ryan • 2018
Agriculture made us sicker, more unequal, and less free. The hunter-gatherer way holds the clues.
4.12
5k+
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death 91%
Agriculture made us sicker, more unequal, and less free. The hunter-gatherer way holds the clues.
by Christopher Ryan 2018
4.12
5k+ ratings
The Forest People
by Colin M. Turnbull • 1961
The Mbuti have no chiefs, no crime, and no fear of the forest that feeds them.
3.96
3k+
The Forest People Summary
The Forest People 90%
The Mbuti have no chiefs, no crime, and no fear of the forest that feeds them.
by Colin M. Turnbull 1961
3.96
3k+ ratings
Lady Sapiens
by Thomas Cirotteau • 2011
The real prehistoric woman hunted, healed, and led. Her passivity was a Victorian invention.
3.64
688
Lady Sapiens Summary
Lady Sapiens 89%
The real prehistoric woman hunted, healed, and led. Her passivity was a Victorian invention.
by Thomas Cirotteau 2011
3.64
688 ratings
The Human Past
by Chris Scarre • 2005
Human history didn't start with writing. It started 3 million years ago with a stone tool.
3.83
281
The Human Past Summary
The Human Past 88%
Human history didn't start with writing. It started 3 million years ago with a stone tool.
by Chris Scarre 2005
3.83
281 ratings
The Mammoth Hunters
by Jean M. Auel • 1985
With the Mamutoi, a rival offers Ayla acceptance Jondalar can't, pulling her toward a new life.
3.96
78k+
The Mammoth Hunters Summary
The Mammoth Hunters 88%
With the Mamutoi, a rival offers Ayla acceptance Jondalar can't, pulling her toward a new life.
by Jean M. Auel 1985
3.96
78k+ ratings
The Plains of Passage
by Jean M. Auel • 1990
An Ice Age healer treks west with her lover, braving glaciers and hostile clans, seeking home.
3.86
63k+
The Plains of Passage Summary
The Plains of Passage 88%
An Ice Age healer treks west with her lover, braving glaciers and hostile clans, seeking home.
by Jean M. Auel 1990
3.86
63k+ ratings
The Dawn of Everything
by David Graeber • 2021
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
4.19
27k+
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything 88%
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
by David Graeber 2021
4.19
27k+ ratings
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett • 1944
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
4.31
6k+
Man-Eaters of Kumaon Summary
Man-Eaters of Kumaon 88%
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
by Jim Corbett 1944
4.31
6k+ ratings
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
by Tom Brown Jr. • 1999
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
4.10
335
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking 88%
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999
4.10
335 ratings
The Valley of Horses
by Jean M. Auel • 1982
An Ice Age outcast tames wild horses, but a wounded stranger tests her hard-won solitude.
4.05
97k+
The Valley of Horses Summary
The Valley of Horses 88%
An Ice Age outcast tames wild horses, but a wounded stranger tests her hard-won solitude.
by Jean M. Auel 1982
4.05
97k+ ratings
The Human Animal
by Desmond Morris • 1994
Of 193 primate species, only one is hairless. A zoologist explains what bare skin cost us.
3.9
263
The Human Animal Summary
The Human Animal 88%
Of 193 primate species, only one is hairless. A zoologist explains what bare skin cost us.
by Desmond Morris 1994
3.9
263 ratings
Sapiens
by David Vandermeulen • 2020
One species of ape conquered the planet, not with claws or tools, but with shared stories.
4.31
22k+
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens 88%
One species of ape conquered the planet, not with claws or tools, but with shared stories.
by David Vandermeulen 2020
4.31
22k+ ratings
The Story of the Human Body
by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2013
Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.
4.27
9k+
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body 88%
Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013
4.27
9k+ ratings
The Shelters of Stone
by Jean M. Auel • 2002
Ayla arrives with tamed beasts at her lover's tribe, but her Neanderthal past brands her outsider.
3.88
52k+
The Shelters of Stone Summary
The Shelters of Stone 88%
Ayla arrives with tamed beasts at her lover's tribe, but her Neanderthal past brands her outsider.
by Jean M. Auel 2002
3.88
52k+ ratings
One Man's Wilderness
by Sam Keith • 1973
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
4.37
10k+
One Man's Wilderness Summary
One Man's Wilderness 88%
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
by Sam Keith 1973
4.37
10k+ ratings
America Before
by Graham Hancock • 2019
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
4.13
4k+
America Before Summary
America Before 88%
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
by Graham Hancock 2019
4.13
4k+ ratings
The World Until Yesterday
by Jared Diamond • 2012
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
3.78
11k+
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday 88%
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
by Jared Diamond 2012
3.78
11k+ ratings
The Domestication of the Human Species
by Peter J. Wilson • 1988
Walls changed us more than wheat: how permanent shelter reshaped attention, privacy, and power.
3.75
12
The Domestication of the Human Species Summary
The Domestication of the Human Species 87%
Walls changed us more than wheat: how permanent shelter reshaped attention, privacy, and power.
by Peter J. Wilson 1988
3.75
12 ratings
The Way of the Hermit
by Ken Smith • 2023
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
4.21
3k+
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit 87%
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
by Ken Smith 2023
4.21
3k+ ratings
Forbidden Archeology
by Michael A. Cremo • 1993
Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.
4.05
1k+
Forbidden Archeology Summary
Forbidden Archeology 87%
Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.
by Michael A. Cremo 1993
4.05
1k+ ratings
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
by David W. Anthony • 2007
English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.
3.99
4k+
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language Summary
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language 87%
English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.
by David W. Anthony 2007
3.99
4k+ ratings
War, Peace, and Human Nature
by Douglas P. Fry • 2013
War began with farming, not in our genes. Twelve millennia of silence before that upends everything.
4.61
33
War, Peace, and Human Nature Summary
War, Peace, and Human Nature 87%
War began with farming, not in our genes. Twelve millennia of silence before that upends everything.
by Douglas P. Fry 2013
4.61
33 ratings
Human Evolution
by Bernard Wood • 2005
Seven million years of dead ends and cousins: human evolution is a bush, not a ladder.
3.62
837
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution 87%
Seven million years of dead ends and cousins: human evolution is a bush, not a ladder.
by Bernard Wood 2005
3.62
837 ratings
The Human Swarm
by Mark W. Moffett • 2019
Societies don't run on cooperation. They run on identity markers strangers can spot at a glance.
3.65
466
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm 87%
Societies don't run on cooperation. They run on identity markers strangers can spot at a glance.
by Mark W. Moffett 2019
3.65
466 ratings
Our Kind
by Marvin Harris • 1989
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
4.17
672
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind 87%
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
by Marvin Harris 1989
4.17
672 ratings
100 Million Years of Food
by Stephen Le • 2016
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
3.62
616
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food 87%
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
by Stephen Le 2016
3.62
616 ratings
The Lost City of Z
by David Grann • 2009
An explorer vanished in 1925 hunting a lost Amazon city. Modern science has found his civilization.
3.90
112k+
The Lost City of Z Summary
The Lost City of Z 87%
An explorer vanished in 1925 hunting a lost Amazon city. Modern science has found his civilization.
by David Grann 2009
3.90
112k+ ratings
Work
by James Suzman • 2020
Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.
3.83
3k+
Work Summary
Work 87%
Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.
by James Suzman 2020
3.83
3k+ ratings
Deep Nutrition
by Catherine Shanahan • 2008
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
4.20
6k+
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition 87%
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
by Catherine Shanahan 2008
4.20
6k+ ratings
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
by Win Blevins • 1973
Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.
3.98
425
Give Your Heart to the Hawks Summary
Give Your Heart to the Hawks 87%
Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.
by Win Blevins 1973
3.98
425 ratings
Stone Age Economics
by Marshall Sahlins • 1974
Hunters and gatherers worked a few hours daily and wanted little. Scarcity is a modern invention.
3.92
535
Stone Age Economics Summary
Stone Age Economics 87%
Hunters and gatherers worked a few hours daily and wanted little. Scarcity is a modern invention.
by Marshall Sahlins 1974
3.92
535 ratings
Against the Grain
by James C. Scott • 2017
Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.
4.13
5k+
Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain 87%
Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.
by James C. Scott 2017
4.13
5k+ ratings
Exercised
by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2021
Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.
4.17
11k+
Exercised Summary
Exercised 87%
Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021
4.17
11k+ ratings
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
by Jared Diamond • 1991
How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.
4.09
29k+
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee 87%
How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.
by Jared Diamond 1991
4.09
29k+ ratings
Search for the Golden Moon Bear
by Sy Montgomery • 2002
One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.
3.83
127
Search for the Golden Moon Bear Summary
Search for the Golden Moon Bear 87%
One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.
by Sy Montgomery 2002
3.83
127 ratings
Ultrasociety
by Peter Turchin • 2015
War did not just destroy. Over ten millennia, it built the greatest cooperators on Earth.
4.11
464
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety 87%
War did not just destroy. Over ten millennia, it built the greatest cooperators on Earth.
by Peter Turchin 2015
4.11
464 ratings
1491
by Charles C. Mann • 2005
A hemisphere of cities, empires, and millions, emptied by smallpox before colonists arrived.
4.05
96k+
1491 Summary
1491 87%
A hemisphere of cities, empires, and millions, emptied by smallpox before colonists arrived.
by Charles C. Mann 2005
4.05
96k+ ratings
How Forests Think
by Eduardo Kohn • 2013
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
3.86
1k+
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think 87%
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
by Eduardo Kohn 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
Pandora's Seed
by Spencer Wells • 2010
Farming gave us civilization. It also gave us chronic disease, overstimulation, and fundamentalism.
3.76
1k+
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed 87%
Farming gave us civilization. It also gave us chronic disease, overstimulation, and fundamentalism.
by Spencer Wells 2010
3.76
1k+ ratings
Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond • 2005
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
4.04
467k+
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel 87%
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
by Jared Diamond 2005
4.04
467k+ ratings
Bushcraft 101
by Dave Canterbury • 2014
Five gear categories, a handful of knots, and the fire skills to replace the heavy pack.
4.10
3k+
Bushcraft 101 Summary
Bushcraft 101 87%
Five gear categories, a handful of knots, and the fire skills to replace the heavy pack.
by Dave Canterbury 2014
4.10
3k+ ratings
Movement Matters
by Katy Bowman • 2016
Movement is biology, not exercise. The true cost of outsourcing it reaches beyond your body.
4.28
850
Movement Matters Summary
Movement Matters 87%
Movement is biology, not exercise. The true cost of outsourcing it reaches beyond your body.
by Katy Bowman 2016
4.28
850 ratings
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
4.39
9k+
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir 87%
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001
4.39
9k+ ratings
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
by Tristan Gooley • 2014
Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.
3.77
5k+
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs 87%
Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.
by Tristan Gooley 2014
3.77
5k+ ratings
A Short History of the World
by H.G. Wells • 1922
Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.
3.86
3k+
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World 87%
Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.
by H.G. Wells 1922
3.86
3k+ ratings
The Human Zoo
by Desmond Morris • 1969
Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.
4.00
3k+
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo 87%
Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.
by Desmond Morris 1969
4.00
3k+ ratings
Sex at Dawn
by Christopher Ryan • 2010
Monogamy is a recent agricultural invention. Our bodies and desires never agreed to it.
3.97
32k+
Sex at Dawn Summary
Sex at Dawn 87%
Monogamy is a recent agricultural invention. Our bodies and desires never agreed to it.
by Christopher Ryan 2010
3.97
32k+ ratings
The Paleo Solution
by Robb Wolf • 2010
The pre-agricultural diet your body expects: lose fat, end cravings, and reverse disease.
3.96
9k+
The Paleo Solution Summary
The Paleo Solution 87%
The pre-agricultural diet your body expects: lose fat, end cravings, and reverse disease.
by Robb Wolf 2010
3.96
9k+ ratings
The Land of Painted Caves
by Jean M. Auel • 2011
A prehistoric healer learns the secret of fatherhood, jeopardizing her tribe and her heart.
3.46
37k+
The Land of Painted Caves Summary
The Land of Painted Caves 87%
A prehistoric healer learns the secret of fatherhood, jeopardizing her tribe and her heart.
by Jean M. Auel 2011
3.46
37k+ ratings
The Lost City of the Monkey God
by Douglas Preston • 2017
Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.
3.93
63k+
The Lost City of the Monkey God Summary
The Lost City of the Monkey God 87%
Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.
by Douglas Preston 2017
3.93
63k+ ratings
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