Starting at the top of the world, with this individual from Tibet, a natural history in photographs, captured in its natural habitats, of the species at the top of the food chain all over the Earth.
Homo Sapiens, (Latin for "wise man" or "knowing man") are more commonly known as humans. They are the only living species in the genus Homo. They originated in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago, becoming fully anatomically and behaviorally modern about 50,000 years ago.
The study of Homo sapiens is the scientific discipline of anthropology.
Homo sapiens have the most highly developed brain of all living creatures and are capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees the hands for manipulating objects, has allowed them to make far greater use of tools than any other living species on Earth. This tool-using individual was photographed in Afghanistan
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