Huangshan: …corresponds approximately to the original Huizhou prefecture. Huizhou is famous in Chinese history as an enclave with its own language and culture, including the well-known Huizhou cuisine; distinctive forms of drama, carvings, architecture, metal and stone inscriptions, and potted landscapes; and the commercial traditions of Huizhou merchants. Tunxi and its…

Johan Huizinga was a Dutch historian internationally recognized for his Herfsttij der middeleeuwen (1919; The Waning of the Middle Ages). Huizinga was educated at the universities of Groningen and Leipzig. After teaching history in Haarlem and lecturing in Indian literature at Amsterdam, he was

Togon-temür was the last emperor (reigned 1333–68) of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368) in China, under whom the population was provoked into rebellion. Togon-temür became emperor at the age of 13 but proved to be a weak ruler who preferred to spend his time exploring the religious cult of

Huizong was the temple name (miaohao) of the eighth and penultimate emperor (reigned 1100–1125/26) of the Bei (Northern) Song dynasty (960–1127). He is best remembered both as a patron of the arts and as a painter and calligrapher. The Huizong emperor sought escape from affairs of state through the

Imruʾ al-Qays: …as the youngest son of Ḥujr, the last king of Kindah. He was twice expelled from his father’s court for the erotic poetry he was fond of writing, and he assumed the life of a vagabond. After his father was murdered by a rebel Bedouin tribe, the Banū Asad, Imruʾ…

Kindah: …however, they were led by Ḥujr Ākil al-Murār, the traditional founder of the dynasty, into central and northern Arabia. There they successfully united a number of tribes into a loose confederacy. Ḥujr’s grandson, al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAmr, was the most renowned of the Kindah kings. Al-Ḥārith invaded Iraq and captured al-Ḥīrah,…

Islamic arts: Philosophy: Averroës and Avicenna: …Qushayrī, and, in Muslim India, al-Hujwīrī) are generally superior to those produced in western Muslim countries. Yet the greatest Islamic theosophist of all, Ibn al-ʿArabī (died 1240), was Spanish in origin and was educated in the Spanish tradition. His writings, in both poetry and prose, shaped large parts of Islamic…

Hukbalahap Rebellion, (1946–54), Communist-led peasant uprising in central Luzon, Philippines. The name of the movement is a Tagalog acronym for Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon, which means “People’s Anti-Japanese Army.” The Huks came close to victory in 1950 but were subsequently defeated by a

Sikhism: The 18th and 19th centuries: A hukam-nama, or letter of command, from the Guru was entrusted to him certifying that he was the Guru’s servant and encouraging all Sikhs to join him. Arriving in the Punjab with a group of 25 Sikhs, Banda issued a call to join him, and, partly…

Sikhism: The 18th and 19th centuries: A hukam-nama, or letter of command, from the Guru was entrusted to him certifying that he was the Guru’s servant and encouraging all Sikhs to join him. Arriving in the Punjab with a group of 25 Sikhs, Banda issued a call to join him, and, partly…

Hukbalahap Rebellion, (1946–54), Communist-led peasant uprising in central Luzon, Philippines. The name of the movement is a Tagalog acronym for Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon, which means “People’s Anti-Japanese Army.” The Huks came close to victory in 1950 but were subsequently defeated by a

Luis Taruc: …new Huk movement, called the Hukbong Magapayang Bayan (“People’s Liberation Army”). By 1950 his guerrillas controlled most of central Luzon, the “rice basket” of the Philippines, including two provincial capitals, and were in a position to threaten the continued existence of the central government. Ramon Magsaysay, Quirino’s minister of national…

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu: In Hüküm gecesi (1927; “The Night of Judgment”), he describes the interparty struggles after the adoption of the constitution of 1908. Sodom ve Gomore (1928; “Sodom and Gomorrah”) is about life in occupied Constantinople after World War I. Yaban, perhaps his best-known novel (1932; “The Stranger”),…

Dharmendra: Rise to superstardom and later decline: …Dushman (1987; “Humanity’s Enemy”), and Hukumat (1987; “Rule”). In the 1990s his career slumped, with a series of box-office disasters that coincided with the rising popularity of the three Khans (Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan). He was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.

hula, sensuous mimetic Hawaiian dance, performed sitting or standing, with undulating gestures to instruments and chant. Originally, the hula was a religious dance performed by trained dancers before the king or ordinary people to promote fecundity, to honour the gods, or to praise the chiefs.

hula: Contemporary hula, known as hula ‘auana, primarily tells a story or describes a place through sinuous movements of the limbs and hips. Costumes may be skirts of raffia, fresh-cut ti leaves, or bright cellophane. Most notably, the music for hula ‘auana is based on Western models, and it uses…

Hula Valley, valley in upper Galilee, northeastern Israel. The valley occupies most of the course of the Jordan River north of the Sea of Galilee. It is bounded by Dan and the settlement of Maʿyan Barukh (north), the Golan Heights (east), and the Hills of Naphtali (west), and on the south it slopes

Hawaii: Sports and recreation: …as well as college football’s Hula Bowl all-star game and Hawaii Bowl.

Hula Hoop, hoop-shaped toy, typically a hollow plastic tube, that is kept revolving around the waist by swiveling of the hips. It got its name from the hula, a Hawaiian dance that is performed by using a similar hip motion. Although different variations of the hoop have been used as children’s toys

hula: …contrast, the old-style hula, called hula kahiko, exhibits a less elaborate musical style and is accompanied by traditional instruments such as the calabash, seed-filled gourds, split bamboo sticks, stones used as castanets, and pahu drums.

Hula Valley, valley in upper Galilee, northeastern Israel. The valley occupies most of the course of the Jordan River north of the Sea of Galilee. It is bounded by Dan and the settlement of Maʿyan Barukh (north), the Golan Heights (east), and the Hills of Naphtali (west), and on the south it slopes

Hülegü was a Mongol ruler in Iran who founded the Il-Khanid dynasty and, as part of a Mongol program of subduing the Islamic world, seized and sacked Baghdad, the religious and cultural capital of Islam. Some historians consider that he did more than anyone else to destroy medieval Iranian culture.

Hulan, former town, southwestern Heilongjiang sheng (province), China. In 2004 it was incorporated into the nearby city of Harbin, becoming a district of that city. Hulan was one of the first places in Heilongjiang opened by the Qing dynasty to Han Chinese colonization, in 1865. The district has a

Xiao Hong: …finished writing Hulanhe zhuan (1942; Tales of Hulan River). With this semiautobiographical novel, her best-known work, she developed a new kind of “lyric-style fiction” that lies between fiction and nonfiction, prose and verse. She died of respiratory problems shortly after Hong Kong fell to the Japanese.

A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles: …The Oxford English Dictionary, and James R. Hulbert, an American professor of English, the dictionary includes American words and expressions from the period extending from the first English settlements until the end of the 19th century. It provides dated illustrative quotations for most entries.

Today in History—April 22: When the National League First “Played Ball”: …businessman and Chicago team owner William Hulbert and featuring some holdover teams from the NAPBBP, included:

Amadeus: …unworthy man is Mozart (Tom Hulce). Later, when Mozart is introduced at court, Salieri presents him with a musical piece, and Mozart points out its flaws and improvises improvements. Salieri feels that God has blessed an inferior man with exceptional skills and has failed to reward his own devotion.

Hülegü was a Mongol ruler in Iran who founded the Il-Khanid dynasty and, as part of a Mongol program of subduing the Islamic world, seized and sacked Baghdad, the religious and cultural capital of Islam. Some historians consider that he did more than anyone else to destroy medieval Iranian culture.

Hülegü was a Mongol ruler in Iran who founded the Il-Khanid dynasty and, as part of a Mongol program of subduing the Islamic world, seized and sacked Baghdad, the religious and cultural capital of Islam. Some historians consider that he did more than anyone else to destroy medieval Iranian culture.

toy: History of toys: For example, Huli children in Papua New Guinea make pu abu, a whirling toy created from a flat piece of wood with a hole in the end to which the child ties a piece of string or grass so that the toy can be whirled around to…

fu, type of Chinese bronze vessel used as a food container, it was produced largely from the middle Zhou period (c. 900–c. 600 bc) through the Warring States period (475–221 bc). Rectangular in shape and divided into two parts, the vessel was supported by angular feet at each corner; the lid was

Kailua-Kona: Hulihee Palace (1837), now a museum, became the summer residence of the kings who succeeded Kamehameha I. Kailua was also the scene of early missionary efforts in Hawaii, which resulted in the building of Mokuaikaua Church (1820), originally made of lava stone and koa wood;…

Incredible Hulk: The Hulk in television and film: …the character’s first feature film, Hulk, in 2003. Another version, The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Letterier, appeared in 2008. The character was integrated into Marvel’s larger cinematic universe with Mark Ruffalo’s scene-stealing turn as the jade giant in The Avengers (2012). Ruffalo returned as the Hulk in Avengers: Age…

Incredible Hulk, American comic strip character created for Marvel Comics by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. The towering muscle-bound antihero debuted in the bimonthly series The Incredible Hulk in May 1962. The Hulk was a hybrid of two popular comic book genres—monsters and superheroes. In

Incredible Hulk: The Hulk in television and film: …the character’s first feature film, Hulk, in 2003. Another version, The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Letterier, appeared in 2008. The character was integrated into Marvel’s larger cinematic universe with Mark Ruffalo’s scene-stealing turn as the jade giant in The Avengers (2012). Ruffalo returned as the Hulk in Avengers: Age…

Kingston upon Hull, city and unitary authority, geographic county of East Riding of Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northeastern England. It lies on the north bank of the River Humber estuary at its junction with the River Hull, 22 miles (35 km) from the North Sea. Hull was a medieval wool

Phoenix Islands: Nikumaroro (Gardner), Birnie, Orona (Hull), Kanton (Canton), and Enderbury atolls. They have a total land area of approximately 11 square miles (29 square km). All are low, sandy atolls that were discovered in the 19th century by American whaling ships. Evidence on Manra, Orona, and Nikumaroro suggests that…

air-cushion machine: Design, construction, and operation: Hull structures are of marine aluminum skin, welded or riveted onto aluminum webs or frames. The enclosed spaces are usually sealed so that the airtight compartments thus formed provide natural buoyancy. More recent craft have aluminum honeycomb paneling separated by frames to provide the basic…

Hull, former city, Outaouais region, southwestern Quebec province, Canada. It lies on the north bank of the Ottawa River, opposite Ottawa, Ont. Originating in the early 19th century as a lumbering settlement named for Hull, Yorkshire, Eng., the city grew to become the chief business and

Hull House, one of the first social settlements in North America. It was founded in Chicago in 1889 when Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr rented an abandoned residence at 800 South Halsted Street that had been built by Charles G. Hull in 1856. Twelve large buildings were added from year to year

insurance: Ocean marine insurance: Hull insurance covers losses to the vessel itself from specified perils. Usually there is a provision that the marine hull should be covered only within specified geographic limits. Cargo insurance is usually written on an open contract basis under which shipments, both incoming and outgoing,…

ship: Structural integrity: Whipping is a hull vibration with a fundamental two-noded frequency. It can produce stresses similar in magnitude to the quasi-static wave-bending stresses. It also can produce very high local stresses in the vicinity of the reentry impact.

Albert Wallace Hull was an American physicist who independently discovered the powder method of X-ray analysis of crystals, which permits the study of crystalline materials in a finely divided microcrystalline, or powder, state. He also invented a number of electron tubes that have found wide

Bobby Hull was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, notably for the National Hockey League (NHL) Chicago Black Hawks (later spelled Blackhawks) from 1957 to 1972. His swinging slap shot made him one of hockey’s dominant scorers in his time. At age 12 Hull was playing organized hockey on a

Buffalo Sabres: …which was won when Dallas’s Brett Hull scored a controversial goal in triple overtime. Most Buffalo players, coaches, and fans maintained that Hull’s skate was illegally in the crease when he scored, but game officials ruled otherwise. The Sabres advanced to the playoffs after the following two seasons and then…

Clark L. Hull was an American psychologist known for his experimental studies on learning and for his attempt to give mathematical expression to psychological theory. He applied a deductive method of reasoning similar to that used in geometry, proposing that a series of postulates about psychology

Clark L. Hull was an American psychologist known for his experimental studies on learning and for his attempt to give mathematical expression to psychological theory. He applied a deductive method of reasoning similar to that used in geometry, proposing that a series of postulates about psychology

Cordell Hull was the U.S. secretary of state (1933–44) whose initiation of the reciprocal trade program to lower tariffs set in motion the mechanism for expanded world trade in the second half of the 20th century. In 1945 he received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his part in organizing the United

Cardiff Giant: …Giant, famous hoax perpetrated by George Hall (or Hull) of Binghamton, New York, U.S. A block of gypsum was quarried near Fort Dodge, Iowa, and shipped to Chicago, Illinois. There it was carved (1868) in the shape of a human figure and then buried on a farm near Cardiff, New…

Isaac Hull was an American naval commodore noted for the victory of his ship the Constitution over the British frigate Guerriere in the War of 1812. The victory united the country behind the war effort and destroyed the legend of British naval invincibility. Already having been master of a ship at

Harvey: …matronly sister Veta (played by Josephine Hull), she arranges to have him treated at a psychiatric institution. Upon their arrival, however, Dr. Sanderson (Charles Drake) determines that the apoplectic Veta, rather than her charming mild-mannered brother, is the one in need of help and has her forcibly committed. After discovering…

Harvey: …matronly sister Veta (played by Josephine Hull), she arranges to have him treated at a psychiatric institution. Upon their arrival, however, Dr. Sanderson (Charles Drake) determines that the apoplectic Veta, rather than her charming mild-mannered brother, is the one in need of help and has her forcibly committed. After discovering…

Bobby Hull was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, notably for the National Hockey League (NHL) Chicago Black Hawks (later spelled Blackhawks) from 1957 to 1972. His swinging slap shot made him one of hockey’s dominant scorers in his time. At age 12 Hull was playing organized hockey on a

Kingston upon Hull: The University of Hull (1927) occupies a more open site in the north.

William Hull was a U.S. soldier and civil governor of Michigan Territory (including present Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota) who was the subject of a celebrated court martial. A graduate of Yale College, Hull joined the American army during the Revolutionary War, serving in campaigns in

Panama: Early years: …modified in 1936 by the Hull-Alfaro Treaty. In addition, the United States increased the annuity paid for the use of the Canal Zone and agreed to build a transisthmian highway. The Arias brothers soon fell out, however, and Arnulfo began his own quest for the presidency, which he won in…

Hull House: The publication of The Hull-House Maps and Papers (1895); 12 books by Jane Addams, including Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910); and works by such distinguished residents as Alice Hamilton, Florence Kelley, and Julia Lathrop brought widespread attention to the settlement. Eventually, Hull House attracted visitors from all over…

Kiran Desai: Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: …to write her first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998), about a young man in provincial India who abandons an easy post office job and begins living in a guava tree, where he makes oracular pronouncements to locals. Unaware that he knows of their lives from having read their…

Johann Adam Hiller was a German composer and conductor, regarded as the creator of the German singspiel, a musical genre combining spoken dialogue and popular song. Hiller learned to play several instruments and to sing and also briefly studied law while developing wide intellectual and literary

Jonathan Hulls was a British inventor, possibly the first person ever to devise detailed plans for a steam-propelled ship. In 1736, Hulls obtained a patent for a machine to carry “ships and vessels out of and into any harbour, port, or river against wind and tide or in a calm.” This steam tugboat

Zulfikar Ghose: …novels include Crump’s Terms (1975), Hulme’s Investigations into the Bogart Script (1981), A New History of Torments (1982), Don Bueno (1983), Figures of Enchantment (1986), The Triple Mirror of the Self (1992), and Shakespeare’s Mortal Knowledge: A Reading of the Tragedies (1993).

Keri Hulme was a New Zealand novelist, poet, and short-story writer, chiefly known for her first novel, The Bone People (1983), which won the Booker Prize in 1985. Much of Hulme’s writing deals with the language and culture of the Maori people of New Zealand. Although Hulme was born of mostly mixed

T.E. Hulme was an English aesthetician, literary critic, and poet, one of the founders of the Imagist movement and a major 20th-century literary influence. Hulme was educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme grammar school and went to St. John’s College, Cambridge, but was expelled for rowdyism in 1904.

T.E. Hulme was an English aesthetician, literary critic, and poet, one of the founders of the Imagist movement and a major 20th-century literary influence. Hulme was educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme grammar school and went to St. John’s College, Cambridge, but was expelled for rowdyism in 1904.

dictionary: From Classical times to 1604: More important still was Richard Huloet’s work of 1552, Abecedarium Anglo-Latinum, for it contained a greater number of English words than had before appeared in any similar dictionary. In 1556 appeared the first edition by John Withals of A Short Dictionary for Young Beginners, which gained greater circulation (to…

Russell Alan Hulse is an American physicist who in 1993 shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with his former teacher, the astrophysicist Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., for their joint discovery of the first binary pulsar. Hulse studied at Cooper Union College in New York City (B.S., 1970) and earned a Ph.D.

Raoul Hausmann: …until 1917, when he met Richard Hülsenbeck, who introduced him to the principles and philosophy of Dada, a new visual and literary art movement that had already taken off in other cities in Europe. Dada artists and writers created provocative works that questioned capitalism and conformity, which they believed to…

Annette, Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff was a poet and prose writer, among the most important poets of 19th-century Germany and the author of a novella considered a forerunner of 19th-century realistic fiction. Born into a family of Roman Catholic aristocracy, she was educated by tutors and lived most

radar: Early experiments: …issued in several countries to Christian Hülsmeyer, a German engineer. Hülsmeyer built his invention and demonstrated it to the German navy but failed to arouse any interest. There was simply no economic, societal, or military need for radar until the early 1930s, when long-range military bombers capable of carrying large…

Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst was a Dutch astronomer who predicted theoretically the 21-cm (8.2-inch) radio waves produced by interstellar hydrogen atoms. His calculations later proved valuable in mapping the Milky Way Galaxy and were the basis for radio astronomy during its early development.

Sir Edward George Warris Hulton was a British publisher and creator (1938) of the Picture Post, a weekly magazine that exerted widespread influence over a generation of Britons during World War II with its dramatic use of candid photographs and vigorous text. Hulton followed in the footsteps of his

Hulu, Internet streaming service created in 2007 by NBCUniversal and News Corporation that allows users to stream television shows and films. Access is limited to viewers in the United States because of international licensing restrictions. In March 2007 NBC Universal (owner of NBC and Universal

Jinzhou: …up a new port at Huludao, on the coast southwest of Jinzhou. The port was still incomplete, however, when the Japanese seized Manchuria in 1931. Under Japanese rule, Huludao became a coal export port. The Japanese also discovered molybdenum in the area and constructed a refinery at Huludao in 1941–42,…

Hailar, city, northeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It lies on the south bank of the Hailar River, at its junction with the Yimin River. Since 2001 Hailar has served as the urban district of the newly created Hulunbuir city. The area was occupied by the Chinese in the 7th century ce

Lake Hulun, large lake in the Hulun Buir Plain, northern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. The lake is fed by two rivers that rise in Mongolia: the Kerulen (Kelulun), which flows from the west, and the Orxon (Orshun), which flows from the south. The surface area of Lake

Lake Hulun, large lake in the Hulun Buir Plain, northern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. The lake is fed by two rivers that rise in Mongolia: the Kerulen (Kelulun), which flows from the west, and the Orxon (Orshun), which flows from the south. The surface area of Lake

Lake Hulun, large lake in the Hulun Buir Plain, northern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. The lake is fed by two rivers that rise in Mongolia: the Kerulen (Kelulun), which flows from the west, and the Orxon (Orshun), which flows from the south. The surface area of Lake

Feng-yüan, former municipality (shih, or shi), T’ai-chung (Taijong) special municipality, west-central Taiwan. Until 2010 it was the seat of T’ai-chung county, but, when the county was amalgamated administratively with T’ai-chung municipality to form the special municipality, Feng-yüan became a

Ḥulwān, ancient settlement, now a southern suburb of Cairo, Al-Qāhirah (Cairo) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Egypt. It lies near the right (east) bank of the Nile River. After Egypt gained independence in 1952, it grew into an industrial suburb linked to Cairo by highway and electric railway. Ḥulwān was

Ḥulwān: …74-inch (188-cm) reflecting telescope, and Ḥulwān (Helwan) University (1975) are in the city. The meteorologic station (1904) was one of the first in Egypt.

pepino hill, conical hill of residual limestone in a deeply eroded karst region. Pepino hills generally form on relatively flat-lying limestones that are jointed in large rectangles. In an alternating wet and dry climate, high areas become increasingly hard and resistant while low areas are

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ancient and medieval periods: …1380s and crossed into Bosnian-ruled Hum (Herzegovina) in 1388. King Tvrtko I sent a large force to fight against them alongside the Serbian army at the Battle of Kosovo Polje in the following year. Tvrtko’s successor, Stjepan Ostoja, struggled for possession of the crown against his brother Tvrtko II, who…

Amitabh Bachchan: Hits, misses, and politics: … (1988; “Emperor of Emperors”) and Hum (1991; “Us”). Bachchan entered politics at the encouragement of his friend, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. In 1984 he was elected to India’s parliament by an overwhelming majority, but he resigned his seat in 1989 after being implicated in the bribery scandal that toppled…

M.F. Husain: Other achievements: …reportedly watched the blockbuster film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (“Who Am I to You?”) 74 times. Its appeal lay in its heroine, Madhuri Dixit, a leading Bollywood actress, whom he saw as a symbol of Indian womanhood.

Heilongjiang: Climate: Huma, on the Amur River, has a mean temperature of −18 °F (−28 °C) in January. The July mean temperature is 75 °F (24 °C). There are only four months with mean temperatures over 50 °F (10 °C), and frost-free days annually range from 100…

Humacao, town, eastern Puerto Rico. It is located in the Sierra de Cayey foothills along the Humacao River. Founded in 1793 as a town, Humacao received the royal title villa in 1881. The modern town has light industry, including textiles, plastic products, and castor-oil extracting. It lies 5 miles

Jujuy: The Humahuaca Gorge, in the northwestern part of the system, is a scenic canyon running northward 100 miles (160 km) along the Río Grande from San Salvador de Jujuy. The gorge was historically important as a trade route up through the Atacama Plateau to Bolivia and…

Ollanta Humala was a former Peruvian army commander and politician who led an unsuccessful military coup against Peruvian Pres. Alberto Fujimori in 2000 and later served as president himself (2011–16). Humala joined the army in 1982 and received training at the U.S. Army-run School of the Americas,

human being, a culture-bearing primate classified in the genus Homo, especially the species H. sapiens. Human beings are anatomically similar and related to the great apes but are distinguished by a more highly developed brain and a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning.

Ludwig von Mises: … (1947), concerning socialist totalitarianism, and Human Action (1949; rev. ed. 1966), a treatise on economics.

Han Kang: Novels: …Hands”) and Sonyeoni onda (2014; Human Acts), in which she calls upon her memories of the Gwangju Uprising. Human Acts won the Manhae Prize for Literature. Jakbyeolhaji anneunda (2021; We Do Not Part) is a work of historical fiction that centers on the impact of a massacre committed by the…

English literature: Anglo-American Modernism: Pound, Lewis, Lawrence, and Eliot: …powerful sequence of politico-theological novels The Human Age (The Childermass, 1928; Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta, both 1955) are sharply divided.

human aging, physiological changes that take place in the human body leading to senescence, the decline of biological functions and of the ability to adapt to metabolic stress. In humans the physiological developments are normally accompanied by psychological and behavioral changes, and other

Modern human beings—that is, the species Homo sapiens—emerged relatively recently, only about 315,000 to 150,000 years ago. However, the human lineage has survived a long and arduous journey. Over millions of years, our genetic path followed numerous twists and turns. Here’s a glimpse at

Émile Zola: Les Rougon-Macquart: In La Bête humaine (1890; The Human Beast) he analyzes the hereditary urge to kill that haunts the Lantier branch of the family, set against the background of the French railway system, with its powerful machinery and rapid movement. La Débâcle (1892; The Debacle) traces both the defeat of the…

Jean Renoir: Early years: …war; La Bête humaine (1938; The Human Beast, or Judas Was a Woman), an admirable free interpretation of Zola; and especially La Règle du jeu (1939; The Rules of the Game), his masterpiece. Cut and fragmented by the distributors, this classic film was also regarded as a failure until it…

human behaviour, the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Humans, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of growth, each of which is characterized by a distinct set of physical,

human being, a culture-bearing primate classified in the genus Homo, especially the species H. sapiens. Human beings are anatomically similar and related to the great apes but are distinguished by a more highly developed brain and a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning.

therapeutics: Blood and blood cells: Blood transfusions were not clinically useful until about 1900, when the blood types A, B, and O were identified and cross-matching of the donor’s blood against that of the recipient to prove compatibility became

human body, the physical substance of the human organism, composed of living cells and extracellular materials and organized into tissues, organs, and systems. Human anatomy and physiology are treated in many different articles. For detailed discussions of specific tissues, organs, and systems, see