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The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve by Steve Stewart-Williams

The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve runs 15.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Lawrence (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.9listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.9 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve is an audiobook by Steve Stewart-Williams: a 15.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Lawrence, released March 1, 2019, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.9 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Lawrence
Released
March 1, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology
ISBN
9781108732765

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve as an audiobook?

The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve runs 15.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.

Is The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve?

The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve is narrated by Tom Lawrence.

Is The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.