Human beings considered collectively (used as a neutral alternative to “mankind”): the origin of humankind
More example sentences
- It should have made us all proud to be of such brotherhood of humankind.
- Trees with unsafe limbs can be pruned or pollarded at the correct time of year to extend their life and keep their benefit for humankind.
- Neanderthal man bore enough similarities to modern man to have once been thought to be the species humankind evolved from.
See man (usage).