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  1. Human evolution | History, Stages, Timeline, Tree, Chart, & Facts ...

    Dec 11, 2025 · Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. The only extant members of the human tribe, Hominini, belong to the species Homo …

  2. Human Development Index - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Dec 8, 2025 · Before the creation of the Human Development Index (HDI), a country’s level of development was typically measured using economic statistics, particularly gross national income …

  3. Human development | Description, Rate, Growth, & Puberty - Britannica

    Nov 21, 2025 · Human development is the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity. The growth and development of a child consists of a highly complex series of changes, …

  4. History of technology | Evolution, Ages, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 24, 2025 · Human beings, in contrast to other species, do not possess highly developed instinctive reactions but do have the capacity to think systematically and creatively about techniques. Humans …

  5. Developmental psychology | Child Development, Cognitive …

    Developmental psychology, the branch of psychology concerned with the changes in cognitive, motivational, psychophysiological, and social functioning that occur throughout the human life span.

  6. Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology | Britannica

    Oct 27, 2025 · Some of the new evolutionists (led by Leslie White) reclaimed the abandoned territory of Victorian social theory, arguing for a coherent world history of human development, through a …

  7. History of Technology Timeline | Evolution, Digital, Medical ...

    Human beings, in contrast to other species, do not possess highly developed instinctive reactions but do have the capacity to think systematically and creatively about techniques. Humans can thus innovate …

  8. Cultural anthropology | Definition, Examples, Topics, History, & Facts ...

    All human societies have been curious about how their customs originated and what the differences between their own culture and that of neighbouring societies might mean.

  9. Human evolution - Fossils, Species, Adaptations | Britannica

    Dec 11, 2025 · Regrettably, development of foot structure in early Homo —i.e., between A. afarensis and Neanderthals—is virtually undocumented by skeletal evidence. The oldest footprints indicative of …

  10. Definition, Meaning, Branches, History, & Facts - Britannica

    Oct 27, 2025 · Anthropology is ‘the science of humanity,’ which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and …