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originally posted by: macman
a reply to: gortex
It is an animal. There are no rights to be had.
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
... and their ability to live in harmony with their surroundings we are remarkably similar.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
... and their ability to live in harmony with their surroundings we are remarkably similar.
Chimpanzees can be incredibly violent. The dominant males use violence on other males and females to assert their leadership positions and breading status. Additionally, competing groups will often kill and cannibalize each other.
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
I was actually referring to their natural environments or habitats not social structure.
i dont get the non human person deal either.
will she have to find he own food and interact with other animals?
In scientific terms, the definition of "human" has changed with the discovery and study of the fossil ancestors of modern humans. The previously clear boundary between human and ape blurred, resulting in "Homo" referring to "human" now encompassing multiple species. There is also a distinction between anatomically modern humans and Archaic Homo sapiens, the earliest fossil members of the species, which are classified as a subspecies of Homo sapiens, e.g. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis.
Human
2human noun
: a person
Full Definition of HUMAN :
a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) : man; broadly : hominid — hu·man·like adjective
See human defined for English-language learners »
Human
1ho·mo noun, often capitalized ˈhō-(ˌ)mō :
any of a genus (Homo) of hominids that includes modern humans (H. sapiens) and several extinct related species (as H. erectus and H. habilis)
Homo
hom·i·nid noun ˈhä-mə-nəd, -ˌnid Definition of HOMINID : any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan — hominid adjective
Hominids
a human being, whether an adult or child
a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing
thanks for explaining but im not buying it.
sounds like clever word manipulation for appeal to me
how can an animal be a person when being a person distinguishes you from being an animal?
originally posted by: Calalini
Human DNA is 97% identical to Orangutans. If it were 98%, would they be considered a human? How about 99.9%? What if it were identical but just not as smart as homo sapiens? What if it were 100% genetically identical and as smart as humans, but didn't have the language capabilities?
what if this. what if that. fact is they are not 100% identical to us
What if a superior humanoid creature came to Earth, was smarter and (most importantly) wiser in every way. Would they be more human than us? Would we lose our right to be a 'person'?
i wouldnt look at is as more or less human. we are human. there are no other humans on this planet. if it was proven humans exist on other planets and somehow came to earth, i would say they are 'also' human. i also dont see how another humans right to be a person would make us lose ours
The most amusing thing about these sort of articles and discussions is the ludicrous idea that we are somehow superior to everything else.
i guess you would have to define superior. i think we are. one reason is humans COULD save/take care of an entire species for example. another species can not save/take care of us
Keep in mind, in our short time as a civilized species, we have done nothing significantly beneficial for the planet whatsoever.
so what. what does that have to do with animals being classified as a person
In fact, our MO it to destroy every where we go. We pollute the very air and water we need to survive, we throw our trash in the ocean, we poop in and poison our waters, we tear down thousands of acres of forests just to have something to wipe our superior butts with. We treat other life as if it has no other meaning besides food and entertainment for us. Not one person on this planet can deny that we aren't the most detrimental, destructive,cruelest creature currently existing in the biosphere.
agree with all that. humans have the capacity to be different though. to change their behavior. that is another difference. monkeys for example cant. yeah, they can learn sign language but thats not the same thing
One of our worst failings: believing we're superior or 'higher' to anything else.
we are. animals can not accomplish the things humans can
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