"Tom Phillips has proven beyond a doubt that humans are goddamn lucky to be here and are doing nearly nothing to remain relevant and viable as a species--except, that is, for writing witty, entertaining, and slightly distressing-but-ultimately-endearing books about same. And if you care to avoid orbiting the earth in a space-garbage prison of your fellow humans' design, you should probably read it."--Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Get Your Sh*t Together "Humans is Tom Phillips' timely, irreverent gallop through thousands of years of human stupidity. Every time you begin to find our foolishness bizarrely comforting , Phillips adds another kick in the ribs. Beneath all this book's laughter is a serious question: where does so much serial stupidity take us?"--Nicholas Griffin, author of Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World "Tom Phillips is a very clever, very funny man, and it shows. If Sapiens was a testament to human sophistication, this history of failure cheerfully reminds us that humans are mostly idiots."-Greg Jenner, author of A Million Years in a Day "Chronicles humanity's myriad follies down the ages with malicious glee and much wit. a rib-tickling page-turner,"--Business Standard "A laugh-along, worst-hits album for humanity.

With the delicate touch of a scholar and the laugh-out-loud chops of a comedian, Tom Phillips shows how our species has been messing things up ever since we evolved from apes and came down from the trees some 4 million years ago."--Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh palaeontologist and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs "Humans is a thoroughly entertaining account of unintended consequences, of arrogance and ignorance, of human follies and foibles from ancient times to the present. It seems history has taught us nothing--we are doomed to keep suffering the antics of both well-intended and ill-intended fools. As I was reading I wondered how I could be so disheartened and yet at the same time be laughing out loud."--Penny Le Couteur, author of Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History "Thoroughly informative. Thoroughly entertaining. Thoroughly demoralizing. In a fun kind of way.

"--Robert Sapolsky New York Times bestselling author of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst "Hilarious and breezily readable. his book is backed by mountains of research." -Los Angeles Review of Books "It's hard to imagine someone other than Phillips pulling off a 250+ page roast of mankind, but his perfect blend of brilliance and goofiness makes it a joy to read."--Buzzfeed "Cheeky and vulgar yet surprisingly erudite, the book is like Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens (2015) retold by a standup comedian a few drinks in."--Booklist "Lively, informative and superbly entertaining.Tom Phillips's history class is in session, so be sure to get a front-row seat."--Shelf Awareness.