Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Gaia Vince (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
478 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time is an audiobook by Gaia Vince: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gaia Vince, released January 21, 2020, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gaia Vince
- Released
- January 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781980047391
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time audiobook?
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time?
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time is narrated by Gaia Vince.
Is Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.