What is the meaning of human beings?

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
- synonyms: homo, man, human being, human
All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
- usage: "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
- synonyms: world, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, man

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