Did You Know? #53

What living organism has the following scientific classification: Kingdom - Animalia; Phylum - Chordata; Class - Mammalia; Order - Primates; Family - Hominidae; Tribe - Hominini?

Human beings. Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only remaining species of the hominids, a branch of social great apes characterized by erect posture and bipedal locomotion; manual dexterity and tool use; and a general trend toward larger and more complex brains. Humans reached anatomical modernity about 200,000 years ago and began to exhibit full behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago.