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human

Definition for human

adjective as in characteristic of people

noun as in person, homo sapiens

Strong matches

being, biped, personage, soul, wight

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However, many of the fruit species they regularly eat contain measurable ethanol, indicating that alcohol is a routine part of their menu and was probably present in the diets of our human ancestors as well.

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Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge report that the human brain moves through five "major epochs" as it rewires itself from early development to late old age.

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that they have successfully used a "zap-and-freeze" method to capture rapid communication between brain cells in living tissue from both mice and humans.

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The accident stemmed from equipment failure and compounding human missteps.

The process often starts with a personal story of a loss and ends with an unexpected human connection made by the need for something small, like a harmonica.

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