What REALLY separates a human from any other animal?

Question

I'd say tht humans are the only animals that know death is coming for them.

Answer 1

opposible thumbs.. Who needs a prehensile tail when you have thumbs man!!

Answer 2

When God created Man, and when He created animals, He "breathed into" BOTH of them the "breath of life." This is referring to their souls. Both animals and humans have souls. However, God created Man in His own likeness, and that is possessing a SPIRIT. But God did NOT create animals "in His image," therefore animals do not have this same spirit.

The spirit is the element in man which gives him the ability to have an intimate relationship with God. Whenever the word "spirit" is used, it refers to the immaterial part of man including his soul.

On a non-religious front... humans have greater intellect than animals. When was the last time a gorilla built a hospital? When did you ever see a dolphin fly an airplane? Can you recall the last time an elephant walked in space? The intellectual achievements of humans FAR outstrip any intellect on the part of animals. Yes, the do have some intellect, and some can reason, to a point, but the do not have the capacities that humans have. Does our dog study the behavior of migrating cranes? Does your cat theorize about physics?

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Answer 3

Human beings are only the animals who has intelligence, capacity to acquire knowledge etc., The other animals does not possess this quality. In that way you can separate human beings from animals. In fact human being is also an animal while the reverse is not true

Answer 4

Surprisingly, there are no fundamental differences between humans and most other animals, but you can clearly see the differences when you get more specific, such as recreational sex and the ability to create advanced technology.

OH I forgot, the crafting of tools or anything else that requires much thought and a reasonable amount of accuracy.

Just wanted to add that nearly all animal embryos look the same in the first few days and weeks of life.

Answer 5

human beings have intellect and animals have instinct. Humans have a spirit that makes us make decisions right of course we can choose to go donw the wrong pat for God is gracious. Animals do not have an option they are instintive only

Answer 6

The capacity for imagination. Other primates can be said to be creative, even artistic, but only with things they already know and are familiar with. Humans have the capacity to dream of incredible things, not only of unspeakable atrocities but also of numinous wonders.

Answer 7

the brain of higher thought the development of tools with the use of opposing thumbs .and invention through discovery .
the ability to realize the difference between superstitiuos thinking and rational thinking will raise humanity from the status of primitive men eventually . jesus so simple even a caveman can be saved .

Answer 8

I'd say that human are able to control what's around them and that their minds are more sophisticated than animals and we aren't just here to exist

Answer 9

They are the only ones that exploit other animals for their own gain.

Answer 10

Basically ,a man is as good as any other animal, except that a man has the ability to exercise higher form of discrimination.

Answer 11

culture.

that is the only separation between us and other mammals.

We have culture, which embodies, intelligence, religion, morals ect.

i realize most people like to believe they're higher than most other mammals but everyone has to realize there was a time when we were just as animals. we were scavengers! it is our developed culture that truly separates us.