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Humanity Before Civilization
From the Earliest Hominins to the First CitiesBy Eamann de Thuit
Length11h 50m
About this audiobook
Humanity Before Civilization is a sweeping journey through seven million years of human origins, from the first upright apes to the first villages, temples, and grain fields. This is the story of the human species before writing, before cities, and before the world we now call civilization.
Follow Toumai, Ardi, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, Neanderthals, Denisovans, Ice Age hunters, and the first builders of places like Gobekli Tepe. Drawing on fossils, ancient DNA, archaeology, climate science, and the strange survival of lost human cousins within our own bodies, this audiobook restores the danger and wonder of the deep past.
It is not a simple march of progress. It is a family history: scattered, violent, brilliant, fragile, and almost lost. For listeners interested in Sapiens, The Dawn of Everything, ancient history, human evolution, prehistory, Ice Age mysteries, and the origins of civilization, this is where the story begins, in darkness, firelight, and bone.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length11 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 21, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Book 1 - Chapter 1
7Book 1 - Chapter 7
2Book 1 - Chapter 2
8Book 1 - Chapter 8
3Book 1 - Chapter 3
9Book 1 - Chapter 9
4Book 1 - Chapter 4
10Book 1 - Chapter 10
5Book 1 - Chapter 5
11Book 1 - Chapter 11
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6Book 1 - Chapter 6
12Book 1 - Chapter 12
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