Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up

By: Tom Phillips

Narrated by: Nish Kumar

Modern humans have come a long way in the 70,000 years they’ve walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we’re true winners. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we’ve managed to truly f--k things up.

Weaving together history, science, politics, and pop culture, Humans offers a panoramic exploration of humankind in all its glory, or lack thereof. From Lucy, our first ancestor, who fell out of a tree and died, to General Zhou Shou of China, who stored gunpowder in his palace before a lantern festival, to the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the most spectacular fails of the present day, Humans reveals how even the most mundane mistakes can shift the course of civilization as we know it.

Lively, wry, and brimming with brilliant insight, this unique compendium offers a fresh take on world history and is one of the most entertaining listens of the year.

©2019 Tom Phillips (P)2019 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

loved it! Well put together.

Although not a fan of profanity in print, this book was put together, written, and performed so well I honestly loved the flow. Great book. I will listen to it again, and again.

LOVE

From rabbits taking over Australia, to the Ottaman Empire, i loved every second of this book. It breaks down complicated history into bite sized, retainable, fact snacks. I love history but have such a hard time digesting it, and this book breaks down incredibly interesting events and people into perfect sized bites.

Haha, how have we not gone extinct yet?

A really funny look at the very serious ways that humans have been fucking up throughout all of history. Definitely worth checking out, as those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it again and again and again and again. As humans tend to to.

Very amusing book!

This book was very amusing while making you think about the long term impacts of the choices that are made leaders and every day people.

Funny AF...

Great reminders of our ability to fuck up big time..
easy to listen I really enjoyed it

Truth in Spades

Wow! Slapped in the face, and yet I still hope for the human race. God help us. 🌿

WE’RE DOOMED!!

Blunt, insightful and hilarious!! The debate rages on, will it be mankind’s ignorance or greed that will cause our own extinction??

Humans at it

Book is pretty interesting in highlighting errors of the human race and the monumental impacts that occurred after. Most of the time it’s humans thinking they know nature better than nature does. It also highlights the monumental political and societal errors made that had catastrophic effects. This would be a good book to teach to kids to really think problems through and highlight all the follow on impacts of decision making.

Sad but true

Society tends to be its own downfall by not learning from its past, being overwhelmingly lazy and to brash to think about the negative future outcomes.

Like a Will Anderson Solo Dollop

A very interesting history of all humans. Yes it tackle s Colonization but it isn't all white people are bad we should shoot ourselves. To make myself look more like a moron let me quote Sum 41 we are all to blame