Modern people have been stomping on the ground for more than 70 thousand years, and since then they’ve learned a lot. They mastered crafts and trade, developed culture and the arts, and climbed higher than others on the food chain. But not everything came easily to us: sometimes, in the most outrageous way, we managed to miss the important things. In this audiobook, history, science, politics, and popular culture are woven together into one—so that from its pages you can get a panoramic view of humanity’s glory… and its ineptitude. Even seemingly minor miscalculations can completely change the world and the course of history—and it becomes obvious if you remember—just like the author—Lucy, our first known ancestor who fell from a tree and died; the Austrian army that attacked itself while drunk; a homesick Brit who brought rabbits into Australia…