The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire

'A marvellously engaging writer' – The Times

'A real corker of a book, beautifully crafted, superbly researched, witty, with lashes of humour' – John Long, author of The Secret History of Sharks

From the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind.

For the first time in over ten millennia,...