Njeriu si nj\u00eb an\u00ebtar i shoq\u00ebris\u00eb njer\u00ebzore; Emri i zakonsh\u00ebm i Homo sapiens, specie unike ekzistuese t\u00eb gjinis\u00eb Homo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Njer\u00ebzit\u00a0jan\u00eb primat\u00eb dyk\u00ebmbor\u00eb q\u00eb i p\u00ebrkasin llojit\u00a0Homo sapiens\u00a0(Latinisht: “njeri i zgjuar” ose “njeri i ditur”) dhe familjes\u00a0Hominidae, familjes s\u00eb madhe t\u00eb majmun\u00ebve.[4][5]\u00a0Ata jan\u00eb t\u00eb vetmit an\u00ebtar\u00eb q\u00eb kan\u00eb mbijetuar prej gjinis\u00eb\u00a0Homo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Njer\u00ebzit kan\u00eb nj\u00eb tru shum\u00eb t\u00eb zhvilluar, i aft\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb kryer koncepte abstrakte si arsyetimi, t\u00eb folurit, analiza e vetvetes dhe zgjidhja e problemeve. Kjo aft\u00ebsi mendore, e kombinuar me nj\u00eb trup vertikal q\u00eb i mund\u00ebson duarve manipulimin e objekteve, e ka b\u00ebr\u00eb njeriun t\u00eb p\u00ebrdor\u00eb shum\u00eb m\u00eb mir\u00eb se \u00e7do specie tjet\u00ebr veglat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADN-ja mitokondriale dhe gjetjet e fosileve tregojn\u00eb se njeriu modern e ka origjin\u00ebn prej Afrik\u00ebs rreth 200000 vjet m\u00eb par\u00eb.[6]\u00a0Sot, njer\u00ebzit jetojn\u00eb n\u00eb \u00e7do kontinent, me nj\u00eb popullsi prej rreth 6.8 miliard.[7]<\/p>\n\n\n\n