modern humans
People alive today
Modern humans refers to *Homo sapiens*—our species as it exists today and has for roughly 300,000 years.
The term distinguishes us from earlier human species and archaic populations: Modern humans migrated out of Africa and eventually populated every continent.
In anthropology, it emphasizes anatomical and behavioral traits that separate us from Neanderthals and other hominins.
- walkTravel on foot
- primateHigher mammal order member
- peopleHumans as a group
- languagesSystems of human communication
- societiesOrganized groups of people
mankind · cognition · spoken language · ice age · Homo sapiens · prehistoric art · stone tools · culture · tool use · cranial capacity · behaviors · bipedalism · mammalian · evolution · language development · anthropology · social structures · technology
- Human SpeciesHomo sapiens, Homo erectus, Neanderthal, Homo heidelbergensis
- humanitypeople, mankind, person, individual, mortal
- hominidschimpanzee, chimpanzees, gorilla, gorillas, orangutan
- human originsHomo sapiens, hominins, hominids, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthals
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, individual
modern humansNeanderthals
Extinct European hominins
Homo erectus · Denisovans · Homo heidelbergensis · Australopithecus · proto-humans
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