The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matt Godfrey (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matt Godfrey
Matt Godfrey narrates 256 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,167 hours in all.
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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 Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization is an audiobook by Roland Ennos: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Matt Godfrey, released February 17, 2026, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matt Godfrey
- Released
- February 17, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781668111055
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How long is The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization as an audiobook?
The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization?
The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization is narrated by Matt Godfrey.