Are we still animals?

Question

What do you think? Are we still close to our ancestors in the trees? Or are we so far gone that we don't really have any natural instincts left? We have incest for Christ's sake! What other animal does that? Murder without cause? On the other hand, we do seem to have basic, primal sexual urges, maybe there is hope that we're still natural, in a naturalists sense.

Answer 1

Yes we have evolved from animals and we are animals still. We follow the instinct of fight or flight. Murder is quit often a result of fight or flight which is a natural instinct. Our evolution has changed our animal instincts a bit, but we still rely on other species for food. We can create our own shelter, and we higher on the food change but we are still animals. We have risen above SOME of our instincts but they have not left us totally therefore we must be animals.

Answer 2

we're the smartest animals and the near to the dumbest possible sentient beings, we barely crossed the threshold and still have plenty of animalistic motivations and instincts we're not even aware of yet and if we could compensate for them the heights of possible sentient existence are opened. When we don't try to work against our better natures but with them and we also need to realize that our natures have a darker side and that needs to be restrained the skys the limit.

Answer 3

Animals get away with a lot:

Animals, among other ‘criminal' activities:

• Kill and eat members of their species — that is, they are often cannibals;

• Kill and eat some of their offspring — that is, they commit cannibalistic infanticide;

• Compete with other males for the opportunity to have sex with a particular female, often killing or debilitating the rival;

• Fight with and exile or kill the ‘owner' of a ‘harem,' kill his ‘children,' and then raise other children with the females in the harem (the females show no ‘loyalty' to their former ‘husband' and blithely have sex with the new guy).

• Discriminate against and kill ‘aliens' to their particular territory or tribe;

• Often have sex with some of their offspring;

• Often have sex with relatives and near-relatives (from a human perspective, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, grandparents, etc.) — in other words, they commit incest;

• Let the males just about always get their way (e.g., eat first, win any spats),

• Often allow large groups of males to have sex with a female, even leaving her near-dead or even dead — that is, they engage in ‘gang rape;' and

• Often allow one male to hog all the females in a given area, driving away his ‘sons' and his ‘friends' who would like a little sexual ‘pleasure' with the ‘girls.'

Of course, we're animals - ones that have developed morals, ethics and laws (though we don't always follow their precepts.)

Answer 4

did you ever read anything about chimpanzees? Chimps have incest, murder without cause... they even have wars. We are still as much of animals as anything else- we just have the ability to deny these urges conciously...

Answer 5

Yes , I think we are still wild animals, The reasons are in our historical background since the first war in the world up to this moment.

Answer 6

We never used to be like animals...man was not born like a monkey..It was proved by science that Darwin has created his nown mind in showing us that we were monkeys.
Althought still threre are so many diffrent moneykeies existing in the world they never transformed in a Man.

But he wanted to say one massage to the world that our intellect used to be like a monkey...like a moneky is having lot of greed Attachement,ego lust and anger...in same way humain beign is having still those 5 negative act in them .

Answer 7

we are animals.

weve been animals for millions of years and only humans for a few thousand. we have animal needs and instincts engrained into who we are.

Answer 8

We are the evolution of an animal actually! The chimp or monkey.

Answer 9

No, unless you decide to behave like one. We are human beings distinct from creation and superior to all except God.

Answer 10

Wow, I don't think anyone can top Johnslat's answer