Humans or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are great apes characterized by their hairlessness, bipedalism, and high intelligence. Humans have large brains, enabling more advanced cognitive skills that enable them to thrive and adapt in varied environments, develop highly complex tools, and form complex social structures and civilizations. Humans are highly social, with individual humans tending to belong to a multi-layered network of cooperating, distinct, or even competing social groups – from families and peer groups to corporations and political states. As such, social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of values, social norms, languages, and traditions, each of which bolsters human society. Humans are also highly curious: the desire to understand and influence phenomena has motivated humanity's development of science, technology, philosophy, mythology, religion, and other frameworks of knowledge; humans also study themselves through such domains as anthropology, social science, history, psychology, and medicine. As of May 2024, there are estimated to be more than 8 billion humans alive.

मानव (मनुष्य) हा दोन पायावर चालणारा सस्तन प्राणी आहे. मानवाचा मेंदू हा प्रगत असल्यामुळे तो पृथ्वीवरील सर्वांत बुद्धिमान प्राणी ठरला आहे. मानव जातीत दृश्य लिंगावर आधारित स्त्री व पुरुष असे वर्गीकरण केले जाते.

मानवजातीचा उगम २,००,००० वर्षांपूर्वी आफ्रिका खंडात झाला. पण आज मानव अंटार्क्टिका व्यतिरिक्त सर्व खंडांत आढळतो. पृथ्वीवरील मानवाची एकूण लोकसंख्या ७.२ अब्ज आहे. मानव हा सर्वात बुद्धिमान प्राणी आहे.