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  • The ability to think and reason in a cogent manner.
  • At the zoo, fences. Instinct, agressivity, play an important part in human's lives but not as much as it does for animals. A more developed, complex intelligence too, but sometimes it's not taken advantage to its fullest and our prime instincts kick in.
  • the fact that we train our children from birth. if we dropped off a little kid in a jungle, if he survived he would grow up to be wild too
  • Closing time at the local bar.
  • Empathy. (Most) humans have the ability to empathize with another person or animal- they can put themselves in the other person's shoes and imagine what it would be like. This influences our interactions with those around us. Most wild animals lack the ability or desire to do this.
  • Air conditioning.
  • "What separates human beings from animals ? The ability to reason? Not so. Octopi and rats can figure out mazes, open jam jars and compose crude yet haunting music. Communication? Ants have rudimentary email already.Build cities? Termites do. What really separates humans from other species is our capacity for irony.That is, our ability to say one thing but mean something else altogether. Ants don't build retro-mounds. Whales don't say "I feel horny" or "plankton here " when they don't actually mean it. Ever. Irony is etymologically merely a quantitively better-dressed, politer version of its clumping, oafish elder brother - sarcasm. Our word for irony comes from a Greek figure of speech meaning "to lie." Sarcasm meanwhile, comes from the term for a wild animal tearing flesh, and by extension, a verbal laceration. Sarcasm is logically equivalent to dishonesty. And dishonesty is the opposable thumb of language." Source and further information: http://www.myrtle.co.uk/stupid.html Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights
  • Hopefully something.
  • Fences.
  • Nothing.. Some people are still behaving like wild animals.
  • Not much..I've seen some humans revert to basics and claw out at others because of some perceived threat..wild animals are understandable..wild humans are embarrassing! :)
  • Greed and indifference.
  • Wild animals take care of their children.
  • according to TIME magazine... No single, essential difference separates human beings from other animals.' So began a feature article on evolution in TIME magazine ('How Man Began', March 14, 1994). The more I thought about this sweeping statement the more I began to warm to it. WITH INTENSE SARCASISM........ For example, like humans, apes have well formed rational faculties. Their ability to develop an argument, follow a line of logic, draw conclusions and frame hypotheses is quite remarkable. Also like humans, apes have a marked faculty for language. (This, of course, is intertwined with their powers of reason.) Their vocabulary is enormous, their grammar complex, and their conversations deep and meaningful. The apes' ability to codify language in writing is further proof of their close relationship to humans. In this respect, it was most gratifying to see the number of apes who wrote to TIME magazine in response to the article on 'How Man Began'. I was particularly interested to follow the line of reasoning of the orang-utan who argued that apes had evolved from humans, not vice versa. Like humans, apes also have a strong spirit of inquiry. Their research in the fields of astronomy, mathematics, medicine and physics is noteworthy. Apes also (again, like humans) yearn for meaning in life. This is why they devote so much of their time to philosophy, theology and ethics. The religious sentiments and practices of all apes can be traced back to their intense and endless quest for meaning. Apes are concerned about questions not only of origin but also of destiny. The best proof I can offer for this claim is the maxim by one famous ape philosopher who said, 'Whether my life leads ultimately to the dirt or to the Judgment, either way, I've got a problem.' Apes also have, like humans, a refined aesthetic sense. They admire beauty and long to surround themselves with it. When an ape cultivates a garden, puts flowers in a vase, or hangs up a painting, what is it doing if not expressing a love of beauty? Again like humans, apes have a strong creative impulse. This is seen in their poetry, painting, dance, drama and music. To a lesser extent their creativity is also evident in the way they gather in weekly craft groups to weave baskets, spin wool, knit shawls, and cover photo albums. The sense of humour shared by all apes is another proof of their close kinship to humans. Their delight in the ridiculous and their love of a good laugh is plain from the popular ape jokes they tell. Reason, language, inquiry, wonder, longing, religion, morality, aesthetics, creativity, imagination, aspiration and humour ... such intangible but fundamental qualities are by no means unique to humans, as I hope I have conclusively shown. Therefore, in the profound words of TIME magazine: 'No single, essential difference separates human beings from other animals'. This being the case, Christians are plainly wrong to insist that humans and animals are vastly different. And they are also obviously wrong to insist that this difference arises from the fact that God created us humans in His own likeness. And if they are wrong to insist that God made us in His own likeness, then they are wrong to insist that God has any claim on us. Furthermore, if God has no claim on us, then we are free — free to be animals like our evolutionary ancestors — free to be as low-down as snakes, and to make pigs of ourselves, and to act like donkeys. Did I say 'free'? Hiss! Oink! Hee-haw!
  • one wild, filthy and throws crap at everyone that passes by the other is the animal
  • Opposible thumbs, and only we have the ability to be mean and ruthless to each other for no real reason...
  • A conscience...........and our inherent desire to know if there is a GOD!
  • thumbs. =)
  • The abilities to reason, tell time, make decisions, and predict the outcomes of our actions.
  • Cognizance and urban sprawl
  • we hold grudges and have thumbs
  • Shopping malls and credit cards
  • Animals have a stronger social conscience Humans have screwed everything up with money and greed. Every other animal lives to survive and continue with a day to day life... we have debt, depression and constant war. ...we got all this so very very wrong.
  • One thing that we have that animals don't have is obviously the imposible thumb and the intellect to use it in many ways. Language (at least one as complex as our human languages) allows for high amounts of socialization, which is the only real element that makes us human. If you take a human out of its social setting, well then, you get a somewhat "wild" animal. There have been numerous accounts of neglected children coming out of dark rooms that act very wildly and cannot speak. There is often no way to help them if they are too old. But if a child is young enough to learn a language quickly then they can become "human" easily.
  • idiocy..usually.
  • toilets
  • The animal often displays the ability to observe and accept social order.
  • the size of our frontal lobes.
  • Hey bud! "The ability to accessorize." Steel magniolias.
  • Barbed Wire if you are lucky.

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