2006-09-09 02:58:15 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The main difference that i have noticed, is that humans need to rely on their minds and the inventions they create from it, to survive. Have you noticed, that even back in the stone age (after humans had evolved into less furry creatures) that they needed the skin from other animals to keep warm, they´ve always need a stick or a bone of somethin "outside" of them to protect themselves...they havent got claws or super sharp teeth, cant really run all THAT fast? Im sure animals minds have evolved too, and they´re not dumb, they are just very loving and peaceful creatures, not bend on world domination or anything, their goals are pretty simple, and pretty much always the same: Find food, find shelter, and have a family. Humans are a little more complex, they´ve always been this way too...always curious and always tryin to make some sorta new invention, to fix a problem. I find this factor really interesting, but of course this is all just a observation of mine...so i dont really know, but yeah, i would say the "need to invent to survive" thing is the main difference between humans and animals. Oh and humans are less inclined to act on impulse or instict, they do have them, but there´s always a side of them thats wonderin if its the smartest move or not.
2006-09-09 03:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jaded 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans are animals with animal instints. The difference is that our learned behaviors are dominated by traits derived from the experience of others, through speech and reading.
2006-09-09 10:07:03 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi z z. Look, I know you are going to say that I am just a silly tree hugger girl, but I have to speak up and say it isn't just because we are "smarter". The animals know something we don't. They live in Nature, as part of it, while we are busy destroying our own home. Not even the smallest brained bird destroys its own nest.
2006-09-09 10:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human's have a soul,animal's dont.Human's are the only creatures that shed tear's,animal's dont.God gave accountability to mankind,not to animal's.
2006-09-09 14:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instinct
2006-09-09 10:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by Urumi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference between scraped knuckles and walking upright!!
2006-09-09 10:02:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are puny things that depend on weapons to unpopulate the earth. most animals in a death match can take on most humans(without our puny guns and nucs and bazookas and grenades and rocket launchers and AK-47s)which can do major damage.
2006-09-09 10:07:18 · answer #7 · answered by Tangerine 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Humans can reason. Were you an ape at one time? I doubt it. How do you cross the line of reasoning?
2006-09-09 10:05:49 · answer #8 · answered by Delta Charlie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logical reasoning
2006-09-09 09:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by SovietteElite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a start we are higher up the food chain, and of course logical thinking.
2006-09-09 10:47:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋