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humankind

[hyoo-muhn-kahynd, -kahynd, yoo-] / ˈhyu mənˌkaɪnd, -ˈkaɪnd, ˈyu- /


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Bregman, who is known for books including Humankind and Utopia for Realists, posted after his first lecture was broadcast on Tuesday, saying the BBC had "decided to censor" it.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

They successfully extracted proteins from the enamel of four P. robustus teeth found at Swartkrans Cave, part of South Africa's Cradle of Humankind.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025

Humankind might have gone mad, but the show’s focus on the shredding of civil society charts some welcome sanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Humankind, at last unshackled from the overindulged tedium of the modern world, unburdened by factual overload, could sit back and reap the bounty of being able once again to think.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

It dawned on me that perhaps such behavior—as well as the lack of technology in the fortress—was not the state of all Humankind but of these particular Humans.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth




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