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What separates Human Beings from the animals?
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[quote:<JADR>:MV8xMzQxMDc5XzIyMDY2MDAzX0YyQzE0MjMx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1246364] [quote:fork()] +Thumbs [/quote] ^^^This. Without opposable thumbs, we're just wild animals, with no civilization. Scary that only one other person realized the obvious right in front of them. [/quote] Koalas have 2 thumbs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala#Physical_description . The koala's five fingers include two opposable thumbs, providing better gripping ability. The first two fingers are positioned in apposition on the front paws, and the first three fingers for the hind paws.[11] The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. Koala fingerprints are similar to human fingerprints; even with an electron microscope, it can be quite difficult to distinguish between the two. [/quote]
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Consciousness?
Sentience?
advanced cognition?
Morality?
Advanced communication skills?
Physical dexterity?
Highly adaptable?
Or is it the ability to recognizes our obligation to all of life on earth as stewards of it? That separates us from animals. All animals exist for is daily survival, and for them there is no connection to history or the future. Man does recognize these things, and is cursed with it. Not only the realization of our own mortality, but the mortality of the universe itself.
We are the universe witnessing it's own existence, and all possibilities that could arise from it.
Deep shit.
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