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Apr 2017
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#095 Why You are You "Sapiens: A Brief ...

KEVIN CONWELL
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Get the transcript at www.feelgoodenglish.com 

Today we're going to talk about history, something I don't do very often here on the Feel Good English podcast, but this book that I've recently read is very interesting and I wanted to share something different with you, very interesting ideas on the history of humans, going all the way back three hundred thousand years, three hundred thousand years.

I'm going to talk about five main changes, transitions that happened during our evolution that has led us to common times. 

If this is interesting to you I would highly recommend searching out the book we're going to talk about today which is called "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind." The author of this book is Yuval Noah Harari.

I'm going to talk about some of the key concepts from the book to give you an idea of what it's about and also, of course, to help you build your English knowledge, teaching you some new vocabulary, phrasal verbs, expressions and whatever may come about. 

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