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title: "Human"
description: "Homo sapiens — Mammiferi. Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and language."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/human
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Human

> Homo sapiens — Mammiferi. Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and language.

- Scientific name: *Homo sapiens*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 175182
- Wikidata: [Q15978631](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15978631)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43584](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43584)

## Names

- en: Human
- de: Mensch
- es: Humano
- fr: Humain
- pl: Człowiek rozumny

## Summary

Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and language. Humans are highly social beings and tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks to political states. Social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals, which bolster human society. Curiosity and the human desire to understand and influence the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human

## Photo

![Human](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/human/medium.jpg)

Photo: Abhas Misraraj · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43584

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/human?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).