Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-06-04
Books mentioned on Hunting For the Yeren: A True Story
We've all heard of Bigfoot, the Swamp Ape and so on. Western science largely dismisses the existence of these cryptids.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and created complex societies through shared myths and beliefs.
Discussed“Just a quick shout out to you yourself, Mr. Benolan. You uh gifted both Matt Frederick and myself a lovely graphic novel version of the book Sapiens.”
Where to get it
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The People's Peking Man
The People's Peking Man by Sigrid Schmalzer is an academic and historical work examining popular science and human identity in twentieth-century China, originally published in 2008.
Recommended“It's a book called The People's Peeking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in 20th Century China written by Sigrid Schmolzer. And this was a great name. I know, right? And this was published in uh 2008.”
Where to get it
