Why are humans mammals?

Humans are members of a large group of animals known as mammals (Class Mammalia). read more

Compared to the length of time the Earth has existed, humans have only been here a very small fraction of that period. One thing that is very confusing about our biological classification is that we are labeled as mammals and part of the animal kingdom. However, mammals do not behave the way we do. read more

Females of all mammal species nurse their young with milk, secreted from the mammary glands. Humans have a neocortex, we have hair, we have three middle ear bones and our females have mammary glands. We also nurse our young with milk secreted from those glands. So, by definition, we are undoubtedly mammals. But it really goes further than that. read more