Human
Homo sapiens
Where is it found?
Everywhere
Diet and foraging method
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Anything that is edible; plants, fungi and animals.
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Key adaptations
Humans have opposable thumbs for easy object manipulation. They have incredibly well developed brains so are highly intelligent.
Social organisation and mating system
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Generally live in family groups within larger groups
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In the western world, individuals usually form monogamous pairs but promiscuity also occurs. All mating systems are found in different human populations across the globe.
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Did you know that...?
Humans closest relatives are chimpanzees, sharing 95-99% of DNA sequences
Taxonomy
Picture credits:
Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"1878 Darwin photo by Leonard from Woodall 1884" by Leonard Darwin - Woodall 1884. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1878_Darwin_photo_by_Leonard_from_Woodall_1884.jpg#/media/File:1878_Darwin_photo_by_Leonard_from_Woodall_1
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"Aldrin Apollo 11" by NASA - http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2001-000013.html. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg#/media/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg
"Gambia girl" by Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland - A gambian smile.Uploaded by mangostar. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gambia_girl.jpg#/media/File:Gambia_girl.jpg
"Mauritania boy1" by Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland - african sushiUploaded by mangostar. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauritania_boy1.jpg#/media/File:Mauritania_boy1.jpg
"Albert Einstein in later years" by John D. Schiff - Photograph from the Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c06042. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_in_later_years.jpg#/media/File:Albert_Einstein_in_later_years.jpg
"Sadhu Vârânasî" by Pierre-Emmanuel BOITON - Own work. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadhu_V%C3%A2r%C3%A2nas%C3%AE.jpg#/media/File:Sadhu_V%C3%A2r%C3%A2nas%C3%AE.jpg
"Doña juanita" by Tomás Castelazo - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Do%C3%B1a_juanita.jpg#/media/File:Do%C3%B1a_juanita.jpg
"Indonesia bike27" by Jonathan McIntosh - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indonesia_bike27.JPG#/media/File:Indonesia_bike27.JPG
"1878 Darwin photo by Leonard from Woodall 1884" by Leonard Darwin - Woodall 1884. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1878_Darwin_photo_by_Leonard_from_Woodall_1884.jpg#/media/File:1878_Darwin_photo_by_Leonard_from_Woodall_1
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"Aldrin Apollo 11" by NASA - http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2001-000013.html. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg#/media/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg
"Gambia girl" by Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland - A gambian smile.Uploaded by mangostar. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gambia_girl.jpg#/media/File:Gambia_girl.jpg
"Mauritania boy1" by Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland - african sushiUploaded by mangostar. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauritania_boy1.jpg#/media/File:Mauritania_boy1.jpg
"Albert Einstein in later years" by John D. Schiff - Photograph from the Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c06042. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_in_later_years.jpg#/media/File:Albert_Einstein_in_later_years.jpg
"Sadhu Vârânasî" by Pierre-Emmanuel BOITON - Own work. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadhu_V%C3%A2r%C3%A2nas%C3%AE.jpg#/media/File:Sadhu_V%C3%A2r%C3%A2nas%C3%AE.jpg
"Doña juanita" by Tomás Castelazo - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Do%C3%B1a_juanita.jpg#/media/File:Do%C3%B1a_juanita.jpg
"Indonesia bike27" by Jonathan McIntosh - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indonesia_bike27.JPG#/media/File:Indonesia_bike27.JPG
