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¶ … Human Beings and Primates
There is a four percent genetic difference between human's chimpanzees. What might these differences be? Let us speculate. First of all, human beings can be scientists; chimps are not by their genetic natures. Second of all, humans engage in goal-directed behavior, chimps live for the moment. Third of all, human beings have the physical and mental ability to create civilizations. Chimps do not.
First of all, human beings can think about the differences between themselves and other animals in a scientific fashion. Chimpanzees cannot do this -- chimps are different because they do not analyze. Chimpanzees are different from humans because they do not have the ability to think in the long-term and make scientific observations about different kinds of animals. Instead, unlike people, chimpanzees live for the moment and are not goal-oriented because they do not have the mental capacity to create long-term goals and they do not have the physical capacity to make tools and to create a civilization that is not based upon struggling for...
What a difference that four percent makes!
When one says that chimpanzees are not goal oriented, this means that chimpanzees do not engage in forward-thinking actions because the four percent genetic difference limits this ability of their brains. Chimps focus on the immediate circumstances around them. Chimpanzees focus on their social group or the needs of their young, unlike humans who can dream. Chimpanzees are concerned with their personal survival and the survival of their young alone. Although humans are concerned about these things, they are also concerned about other matters, such as the future of their entire species, even if they are not related to these individuals. Because of this concern about the future of the entire species, humans engage in scientific observation. Chimpanzees do not observe other chimps in an objective fashion. They look at other chimps to see if they are being threatened, if they are related to that chimp, or if that chimp might be a good and likely partner. Chimpanzees do not think about interests beyond their needs, one…
It is not startling that some remarkable variation exists between the great apes as well as humans with regard to mental capabilities. Humans possess a lot higher intricate types of verbal communications compared to any other primates. Humans are the sole animal to make and apply symbols as a way to communicate with each other. Humans also have diverse as well as complex forms of social organizations compared to
Human Genome Project One of the primary concerns of the biological sciences today is human health. The more information is made known about the human body, the more curative and preventive steps can be taken to ensure the longevity and health of the human body. This is one of the ends of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which was concluded in 2003. The project ran for 13 years and was coordinated
human? The meaning of humanity is difficult to grasp. It is complex and often layered. People do not think of humanity as being one of animals or being. It is often seen as a combination of the two. Humans bleed, have instincts, and mate. Human females carry babies within the wombs. This is how any normal mammal behaves. Yet, humans also think and perform conscious actions against their instincts. Humans have,
Chimpanzees Have Culture? The Culture of Chimpanzees The term "culture" has many different definitions, but for purposes of this discussion it should be defined loosely as the values, goals, beliefs, and attitudes that are shared by and characterize a group, organization, or institution. For some time, anthropologists have been studying chimpanzees in order to determine whether they have culture as it relates to that definition. Field-studies on diet, hunting, and chimp
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Scientific Models and Religious Myths Differences between scientific models and religious myths There are several approaches toward s the creation issue, some of them are scientific and others are religious. All the approaches are postulates towards the search for the cradle of man. They may therefore be divided into scientific models and religious myths. Although people view these theories and models from different perspectives, they too have their similarities. Therefore this paper