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human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
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Homo erectus
extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain
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Homo soloensis
extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus
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Homo habilis
extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics
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Homo sapiens
the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc
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Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neandertal, Neandertal man, Neanderthal, Neanderthal man
extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
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Homo rhodesiensis, Rhodesian man
a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa
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Java man, Trinil man
fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus
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Peking man
fossils found near Beijing, China; they were lost during World War II
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Solo man
early man of late Pleistocene; skull resembles that of Neanderthal man but with smaller cranial capacity; found in Java
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Cro-magnon
extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe
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Boskop man
possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species
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Homo sapiens sapiens, modern man
subspecies of Homo sapiens; includes all modern races
