humans

• Upright posture.

• We are plantigrade (we walk on the soles of our feet) and bipeds (we walk on two legs). • Our arms are shorter than our legs. • We are able to grasp with our hands due to the presence of a fully opposable thumb. • The ability to sweat helps us to regulate our body temperature. Our brain and nervous system are highly developed. • We have both eyes at the front of our heads. • Our vision is binocular, in colour and we can register three-dimensional shapes. ⚫ Our highly developed brain allows us to communicate with complex language. • As infants, humans take longer to mature than the offspring of other mammals.

Humans

The main characteristics of humans are the following:

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We are mamals that belong to the group of primates. Primates are an order of placental mammals that includes prosimians, monkeys and apes.