Buku ini sangat cocok untuk pembaca yang tidak terbiasa membaca buku non fiksi, atau genre sejarah. Saya dari dulu anti dengan mata pelajaran sejarah, namun buku ini berhasil membuat saya menikmati proses saya memahami sejarah kelahiran umat manusia. Bravo untuk penulis, ilustrator, penerjemah, penyunting, dan segenap tim yang berhasil mendatangkan buku ini di tangan saya (termasuk juga pacar saya, yang bukunya ini saya pinjam)!

A brief history of the history of human kind, specifically the rise of homo sapiens and the fall of the five other species of humans in the era of the cave man. It is not an easy job to take a nonfiction tome such as Sapiens and adapt it to a graphic version. So I must appreciate the efforts of the author, the storyboard artists, illustrators and editors who would have worked on this graphic version. They have done a fabulous job. The illustrations are A-grade, no doubts about that. I never thought an intense book such as Sapiens could be represented so interactively. But mainly because of the rich variety of characters, the illustrations add a pizzazz to the book. Sapiens takes readers on a sweeping tour of the history of our species…. Harari’s formidable intellect sheds light on the biggest breakthroughs in the human story…important reading for serious-minded, self-reflective sapiens. Washington PostOne of the characters talks of people sleeping around, adultery, and gossip about crushes in front of Harari's young niece in a couple of the story panels. Solid state physics Quantum theory Chemical bonds SCIENCE Physics Condensed Matter Física do estado sólido Mecânica quântica Shortly before the pandemic, I read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. It's not an exaggeration to say I've thought of it every day since. Curtis Sittenfeld, Guardian I've been meaning to read the source material for quite some time, as I want to know more about the history of humankind, so this was a nice primer. I was engrossed and learned a bunch, and I'll definitely be tuning into the second volume...and the book. Harari is aware that the success of his books has led some people to view him as a prophet, which makes him uneasy. “I keep saying, ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen.’ The whole point of writing books is to try to change the future, not to predict it.” However, he admits he feels fearful about what lies ahead.

Lively, engaging... Transforms humanity's complex evolutionary story into something accessible enough for anyone to enjoy. BBC History Magazine There is nudity in the illustrations. Nothing vulgar. Just that in a couple of panels, the pubic area of human males and females is depicted. There are some panels with breasts shown. In case there's any household in the nation that doesn't yet own a copy of Yuval Noah Harari's zillion-selling Sapiens...there's now a zippy new digest of the book in comics form... An imaginative and prankish gallop through human prehistory. Spectator In this first volume of the full-colour illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human". From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted beliefs, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and view specific events within the context of larger ideas. Saya perlu memberi kredit pada penerjemah dan penyunting buku ini, Damaring Tyas W. Palar dan Andya Primanda. Salah satu judul bab dalam buku ini, "maestro fiksi", yang kemudian menjadi bab favorit saya, menjadi amat jenius menurut saya karena penggunaan kata "maestro" dibanding menerjemahkan langsung dari bahasa inggrisnya, "master of fiction". Kata 'maestro' dalam KBBI berarti 'orang yang ahli dalam bidang seni', dan buat saya pribadi memberi makna 'pencipta'. Ditambah dengan 'fiksi', menandakan sapiens sebagai ahli dan pencipta dari hasil karya berupa 'fiksi' yang dianggap seni oleh tim penerjemah.

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Sapiens] has been one of the most spectacular publishing successes of the past decade. Killian Fox, Observer The book is still thought-provoking, but some of the thoughts I had didn't improve my opinion. I found the use of the Egyptian pyramids as an example of "cooperation" off-putting. Technically I suppose it is, but ... I also got tired of reading references to the Cognitive Revolution when I didn't feel we had been provided with a satisfying explanation of what exactly it was, so I googled it. I feel the book presents this theory as generally, if not universally, accepted, but I found that other models have been offered, and according to Wikipedia, some of the proponents of some other theories have suggested the Cognitive Revolution theory reflects Eurocentric bias ( Behavior Modernity Wikipedia article) What if humanity’s major woes—war, plague, famine and inequality—originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy of productivity and efficiency? What if by seeking to control plants and animals, humans ended up being controlled by kings, priests, and Kafkaesque bureaucracy? Volume 2 of Sapiens: A Graphic History–The Pillars of Civilization explores a crucial chapter in human development: the Agricultural Revolution. This is the story of how wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, plague, famine, and inequality became an intractable feature of the human condition. Saya juga senang sekali dengan pemilihan kata "cocoklogi" dalam bab terakhir, rasanya seperti tim KPG menggunakan kata yang lokal banget dan pasti dipahami orang Indonesia. Salut!

Harari's out-of-the-box thinking is arguably his greatest strength... These theories are what moves history forward, and what makes the book so engaging for an astonishing number of people. Katherine Prentice, Glasgow Guardian Sebelumnya, saya tidak akan pernah menyangka sanggup membaca buku dengan teman sejarah. Salah satu kemustahilannya, membaca buku novel "Sapiens" yang akhirnya diadaptasi menjadi buku novel grafis ini. Saya sangat menyarankan pembaca untuk bersikap dan berpikiran terbuka, dan secara menyeluruh (dan detail) menikmati proses pembacaan ini dengan sungguh-sungguh.One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Overall, I think I enjoyed this book even more than Sapiens primarily because of the illustrations and characters. To visualise the original content in this graphic version was a thrilling experience, and to do so along with Professor Saraswati was simply enthralling! However, I did learn a lot, and I learned that while researchers know an awful lot, there is an awful lot they don't know as well. These two points aren't to drive you away from sharing the book with your children, but just so that you can make an informed decision of when you want to share it with them.