Outline of humans
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to humans:
Humans are great apes characterized by their hairlessness, bipedalism, and high intelligence. Humans have large brains, enabling more advanced cognitive skills that facilitate successful adaptation to varied environments, development of sophisticated tools, and formation of complex social structures and civilizations.
Descriptions of humans
The common name of the human species in English is historically man, often replaced by the Latinate human.- Biped - Animal with two legs
Taxonomy
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History
- By discipline
- By period
- By region
- By field
- Historians
- Research
Evolution
- Evolution of mammals
- Evolution of primates
- Homo
- Early modern human
- Recent human evolution
Biology
- Population (human biology)
- Regeneration in humans
- Development of [the nervous system in humans]
- Neoteny in humans
- Human physiology
- Human genetics
- * Human genetic variation
- Human life cycle - Stages of life not tied to development
- * Infant
- * Childbirth
- * Old age
- Human nutrition
- Human anatomy, outline
Composition
- Elements
- List of Distinct [Cell Types in the Adult Human Body|Cells]
- Tissues
- Organs
- Organ systems
Development stages
- Prenatal development
- Mini-puberty
- Childhood
- * Other stages
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
Cognition
- Definition
- Cognition#Types of [cognitive processes|Processes]
- * Thought, outline
- Theories
- Development
- Fields
- History
Culture
- Language
- * Linguistics, outline
- * English language
- Art
- * Visual arts, outline
- Science, outline
- Philosophy, outline
- Religion, outline
Society
- Conceptions
- Types
- Infrastructure
- Social institutions
- Societal change
- Role
- * Gender role