The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Renée Raudman (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 874 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Renée Raudman
Renée Raudman narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 369 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
186 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors is an audiobook by Ann Gibbons: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Renée Raudman, released June 15, 2006, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Renée Raudman
- Released
- June 15, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781400172382
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors as an audiobook?
The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors?
The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors is narrated by Renée Raudman.
Is The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.