


As such, social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of values, social norms, languages, and rituals, each of which bolsters human society. Humans are highly social and tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks to political states.

A great ape characterized by their bipedalism and high intelligence, humans' large brain and resulting cognitive skills have allowed them to thrive in a variety of environments and develop complex societies and civilizations. Humans ( Homo sapiens) are the most common and widespread species of primate.
