Is it just a hairless talking ape or is it more? What makes a human human?
2006-09-25 08:28:46 · 23 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Physical characteristics aside.....what makes us human is our unique ability among other animals to possess a conscience. We alone have the ability to show respect, empathy,compassion, understanding, guilt, remorse, love, ...
2006-09-25 08:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for "wise man" or "knowing man") under the family Hominidae (known as the great apes) Humans have a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, language and introspection. This, combined with an erect body carriage that frees their upper limbs for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make greater use of tools than any other species.
2006-09-25 08:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by jen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human beings are, as you suggest, just hairless talking apes. It is morally wrong for us to feel we are 'better' than other species of animal - we have just evolved that little bit more (although it might seem a lot more, its only a little bit).
2006-09-25 08:38:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
human, homo sapien, is a member of the animal kingdom and the order mammilia. humans are caplable of bipedial locomotion, reprodoue sexually, gain energy by eating plants and other animals, leave waste in the form of feces, respond to change, are capable of growth, and most uniquely, have opposable thumbs.
humans are also thought to be the only organisms with brains advanced enough to have complex emotions and thoughts.and thought to be the only organisnms capable of fathoming death. through this intelligence, humans have developed tools and culture(animals already developed societies). humans being able to speak is not neccecarily a sign of intelligence, just a form of communication, other animals are also capable of communication among them selves.
2006-09-25 09:18:31 · answer #4 · answered by tomcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
humans are not apes, apes are a seperate species of primate than homo sapiens. The exact traits of a homo sapien and the history of the homo sapien species can be found at your local library or on the internet. I don't believe any one in the scientific community thinks that people are apes without hair
2006-09-25 08:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by snoopy22564 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ape a large tailless primate including.gorilla.chimpanzees.
orangutan.gibbons
families..pongidae and hylobatidae.unintelligent..
Human.relating to characteristic.of people as opposed to animals.showing the better qualities of humankind..like
sensitivity..this is just a few of our qualities that separate
us from apes lol
2006-09-25 09:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human: Homo Sapien. We are not directly descendant from Apes, we have a common ancestor that lived about 5 million years ago.
That is when the Homo species was evolutionarily separated from Pan species. That is why we share 98.5% of the exact same DNA sequences with Chimps.
2006-09-25 08:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by trouthunter 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person.
2006-09-25 08:33:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Humans (barring some who answer questions on YA) are capable of understanding that they may not understand something and of imagining something other than what they immediately experience.
2006-09-25 08:36:53 · answer #9 · answered by Wei_Veach 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gives the human spirit which is our intelligence and memories We have potential to become more like Him in the future
2006-09-25 08:37:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋