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The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains by Joseph LeDoux

The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains runs 11.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fred Sanders (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.2listening hrs
Biology & Chemistrystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 11.2 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry 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 Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains is an audiobook by Joseph LeDoux: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Fred Sanders, released August 27, 2019, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.2 hrs
Narrated by
Fred Sanders
Released
August 27, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9781984842640

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains as an audiobook?

The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains?

The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains is narrated by Fred Sanders.

Is The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.